Richard Jones "Cosmic Constellation" #1 Contemporary Art alcohol ink

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200 x 118 cms Acrylics on Linen Canvas (Framed in Natural Tasmanian Oak) Evelyn has a strong culture of painting in her family

This Dreaming evolves from the Lander River

Mortuary ritual would end with the placement of the Larrakitj containing the bones standing in the bush

Richard Jones "Cosmic Constellation" #1 Contemporary Art alcohol inkRichard started painting with oils in 1965 but let it lapse as he became more involved in publishing and then politics. He was a Member of the NSW Legislative Council for fifteen years as a Democrat and then an Independent. Concern for the environment propelled him into politics and into founding Greenpeace Australia and The Fund for Animals. He also published Simply Living magazine. After his parliamentary term expired in 2003 he resumed painting, in