Mill Gallery Flowers and Art showcases the work of known and unknown Aboriginal Artist who’s work is vibrant, earthy and as with all Aboriginal Art has a story to tell. Currently we have works by Phillip Gardiner, Charmaine Davis, Helen Allport, Aunty Myfawny Locke and Robert Locke.

Phillip Gardiner is a young Aboriginal man who has been painting these wonderful paintings with no formal training. Currently undertaking an Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts his work will increase in complexity and price in the not too distant future.
Definitely an artist to keep an eye on, his works are being marketed in Paris, New York and Holland.
The painting is behind glass so it is difficult to take a good photo and the colours are pink, lilac, yellow and purple with the woman in blue.

Charmaine Davis is a young Aboriginal woman with a desire to share her heritage with you.
The painting represents the yearly cleansing ceremony that her family take part in each year beside the Clarence River in the Northern New South Wales area. This is a sister painting to “River Calling” which is also available from the Old Flour Mill Art Gallery
Charmaine is currently showing in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne at selected Galleries.

Aunty Myfanwy Locke is an Elder in the local Ipswich Community who’s style is not traditional because she says that as a stolen generation child she has no memory of her heritage and because of this she will not paint in the traditional ways for fear of breaking traditional taboos

Helen Allport is a young woman who until recently had only painted for family and friends, she has started selling paintings and is now being sought out by collectors in the local market.

Robert Locke is a young man who paints landscapes due to the belief that he has lost his culture, since showing his paintings at Mill Gallery he is experimenting with dot form painting for the first time in his life. His bush paintings are alive with movement.