Studies & Discovery<\/h2>\n
After studying art for three years and attaining a Diploma in Fine Art at the Claremont School of Art in Perth, Western Australia, in 1978, she headed north to the Kimberley, W.A., and on to Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. In the north of Australia, she discovered all the subjects of her dreams; wetlands, rivers and billabongs full of crocodiles, waterbirds and wildlife, and a vast and changing wild landscape.<\/p>\n
Her Travels<\/h2>\n
Her travels across this country have led to periods of painting in Broome and Kununurra (W.A.); Darwin and Kakadu (N.T.); Cairns and Cape York, Mission Beach and Maleny (Qld). She has produced paintings with subjects ranging from rainforest birds – riflebirds, cassowaries, catbirds – to wetlands and desert creatures – crocodiles, brolgas, magpie geese.<\/p>\n
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Judy Prosser’s Art<\/h2>\n
Her great respect for the aboriginal people, and their spiritual connection to the land, has given Judy<\/a> a direction that has evolved into a distinctive approach to painting them. Judy Prosser’s watercolours often depict figures dancing freely in the Australian landscape, along with brolgas, dingos and other animals.<\/p>\n With the spectacular colours of the Kimberley to inspire her, Judy loves to paint the mangroves and tidal creeks, the red dirt of the desert, and the turquoise seas which kiss the white sands of the Kimberley coastline.<\/p>\n She prefers to work in Watercolour and Gouache but also paints in acrylic on canvas.<\/p>\n Judy spends several months of the year “out bush” with her husband, Tom, trekking with him and his camel team along the Fitzroy River and into the Great Sandy Desert, and camels have become a new passion for her with many camel paintings resulting from their safaris. A lifetime passion of hers is horses; she has several on her outback station.<\/p>\n Judy has had many Exhibitions, and her work is represented overseas and in Collections. Over the years, she won several Awards and Prizes, and her paintings are exhibited in several Australian galleries.<\/p>\n Judy works from her home, Udialla, an outback station in the heart of the Kimberley.<\/p>\n Judy Prosser is a highly recognised Australian artist who lives and paints in one Derby<\/b>\u00a0(\/\u02c8<\/span>d<\/span>\u025c\u02d0r<\/span>b<\/span>i<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0DUR-bee<\/i><\/a>)[3]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0is a town in the\u00a0Kimberley region of Western Australia<\/a>. At the\u00a02016 census<\/a>, Derby had a population of 3,325 with 47.2% of\u00a0Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<\/a>\u00a0descent.[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Along with\u00a0Broome<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Kununurra<\/a>, it is one of only three towns in the Kimberley to have a population over 2,000. Located on\u00a0King Sound<\/a>, Derby has the highest\u00a0tides<\/a>\u00a0in Australia, with the peak differential between low and high tide reaching 11.8 metres (39\u00a0ft).[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n Derby falls within\u00a0Nyiginka<\/a>\u00a0country.[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n The town was founded in 1883 and named after\u00a0Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of Derby<\/a>, the British secretary of state for the colonies.<\/p>\n During\u00a0World War II<\/a>, Derby was bombed by Japanese planes because of an air base and jetty that was used by Australian forces. More recently, refugees were housed at\u00a0Royal Australian Air Force Base Curtin<\/a>, however the detention center was closed in 2014.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n Derby was famous in the 1920s as the terminus of the first scheduled aviation service in Australia,\u00a0West Australian Airways<\/a>\u00a0Ltd. Their service began with their first flight on 5 December 1921. At one time the Perth to Derby service was the world\u2019s longest passenger airline route.[citation needed<\/span><\/a><\/i>]<\/sup><\/p>\n In 1968 the town had a population of approximately 1,500 people, many employed at the\u00a0meatworks<\/a>. A\u00a0A$900,000\u00a0beef<\/a>\u00a0road from\u00a0Glenroy Station<\/a>\u00a0to Derby was completed the same year to assist with the development of beef processing. A\u00a0A$2 million steel and concrete jetty was built in 1965 to provide adequate port facilities for the shipment of live cattle.[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\nOut Bush<\/h2>\n
The Artist<\/h2>\n
\nof the outback’s last frontiers, the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
\nHer paintings feature Aboriginal people and show with vibrant colours their spiritual connection with the land.<\/p>\nHer Home – Derby<\/h2>\n
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