DARREN BLACKMAN | 'Gangga (the white bellied sea eagle) | Etching | Fine Art Print Linoprint screenprint

screenprint

Ink type: Charbonell

Leigh Namponan  Tek-aanan growling

Region: Yarrabah

mimicking the actions of their elders – fishing

DARREN BLACKMAN | 'Gangga (the white bellied sea eagle) | Etching | Fine Art Print Linoprint screenprintBorn in the sugar cane town of Nambour in South East Queensland, Darrens mixed heritage plays a significant role in his artwork. His father is Ganggalu, of Central East Qld, and Goreng Goreng of the Fraser Coast area in South East Qld. Darrens mother is of kanaka decent, whos grandparents were brought to Australia, to work on cane plantations, from the northern islands of Vanuatu. Saltwater themes, personal cultural subjects and birds feature heavily