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Off–Site Exhibition: Cement Fondu – John Prince Siddon

Past exhibition
16 March - 5 May 2024
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: John Prince Siddon, Pulkartu Dreaming, 2023

John Prince Siddon

Pulkartu Dreaming, 2023
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
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Spider wow are danger. The bite can put you in hospital, but if you leave them alone in peace, you'll be fine. What amaze me is the webs. The patterns...
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Spider wow are danger. The bite can put
you in hospital, but if you leave them alone
in peace, you'll be fine. What amaze me is
the webs. The patterns when they do webs.

Look carefully close up, see what I mean. Most webs are
different shape, some large, some small, but the pattern they
make, wow, it will blow you away. I know the webs use for
trap small flying insect. To my mind I see it, great pattern arts.
Webs done by a deadly insect, the spider.


What made me do this painting of animals and insects
weaving together patterns? My answer is the weaving women
do, making basket made of long, fine, soft grass. Remind me of
fine web art when spider do webs spinning.
The first painting is a moth weaving a fish out of string of soft
grass. The second is wallabies weaving a basket also made
of soft grass. Last one is the butterfly and ladybug and also a
spider weaving a large kangaroo which got trap in a spinning
web.


Many patterns you'll find in bush like spider webs. Also
wallabies make tracks with his or her paws, tails and hands.
Make pattern in the sand. The bugs and butterfly make
weaves and flower pretty because the colour match. Our
people, our great great grandma do weaving too. Women
need to find wet tree branch to get soft grass, then dry it out
in the sun. Don't know much about women doing weaving, it's
a secret they kept.
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