Sally Harrison is a well known aboriginal heritage painter. She paints amazing wonderful paintings! She has previously had her work showcased in eight exhibitions. Also she has two solo exhibitions. She took up dot painting in 1992 to come to terms as a aboriginal and one of the "Stolen" Generation".

She has previously accepted The Bremer Institute of TAFE Special Achievement Award, 2003 and in 2006 The Best of Show Ipswich Art Awards.

Our school had the honour of actually working with her and she was an incredible person. She was positive, kind hearted, creative and she didin't care what people thought of her paintings.

She is truly a good role model for those who wish to become an artist one day.
Comming Home By Sally Harrison.

Sally Harrison "The Hideway"

I think she purposly used colours that make you feel a bit more soothed. I say this because when I see this picture I think of having a nap. Not because it is boring but because it reminds me of sleeping in the sun in the garden in peace and quiet.

I believe the story behind this is a little house in the bush with flowers and a beautiful garden that she may have lived in or seen before. She may have grown up here or this may be her or a friend's house!

In Art we have been painting the inside of different fruits and then been doting them! We first painted the background red, then I used reds, yellows and oranges to paint and mix colours. Lastly we dotted our paintings with black, white and cream paint in little bottles. this is my one above.

i have not officialy chosen a name for it yet but it is meant to be the inside of a mango with a seed in the middle. To make it look 3D I put dots around certain features.

For a few weeks Aunty Sally came to our school and helped us to do dot painting! She was very talented, she painted beautiful paintings that I wish to one day be able to do. She taught us to not care what anyone else thinks of our paintings only what we think of it! I really enjoyed the time our class spent with her!

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