HIS LIFE & FAMILY
Lin Onus was a proud Indigenous artist from this country down under.
What is Australia?
One of Lin's most famous paintings features these green, jumping amphibians swimming underwater.
What are frogs?
Lin's paintings look unique because they mix traditional Aboriginal art styles with this style that looks exactly like a photograph.
What is realism (or photorealism)?
Because of unfair racism when he was 14, Lin was sadly kicked out of this place, cutting his education short.
What is school?
What is Ms Keough's middle name?
What is Maree
Lin was born in Melbourne and grew up in this southern Australian state.
What is Victoria?
His famous sculpture Fruit Bats features 100 of these winged mammals hanging from a clothesline.
What are bats?
To paint his animals, Lin was given permission by elders to use this traditional Aboriginal painting style made of overlapping parallel lines.
What is crosshatching (or rarrk)?
Before he could make a full-time living as an artist, Lin used his painting skills working on these motor vehicles.
What are cars?
Where does Abby McDonnell live?
What is Tumbalong? (i actually dont know)
Lin’s father was a famous Aboriginal activist who made and sold these curved, returning throwing sticks to tourists.
What are boomerangs?
Lin often painted these native Australian wild dogs, which he used as a symbol for himself and his people.
What are dingoes?
Lin often painted landscapes featuring this element, showing trees and the sky bouncing off the surface of water.
What are reflections?
In 1974, Lin sold his very first painting for this incredibly small double-digit dollar amount.
What is $22?
What is Weston's dogs name?
What is Sparty?
Lin had a mixed heritage; his father was Aboriginal, and his mother was of this European descent.
What is Scottish?
In many of his river scenes, Lin painted these scaled creatures swimming smoothly between rocks.
What are fish?
Lin created a funny superhero character named "Kapt’n Koori" to make fun of this specific type of Western storytelling found in comic books.
What is pop culture (or superhero culture)?
A major exhibition of Lin’s work that toured Australia after his death was named after this animal: Urban _____.
What is Dingo?
What are Sarah Cowell's jobs she has had?
What is ShareTea and Sweetie
Lin never went to formal art school to learn how to paint; he was completely this.
What is self taught?
In a funny sculpture about a dingo on a boat, the title says the dog is "slipping down to" this social venue.
What is the pub (or bar)?
Instead of just canvas, Lin often created 3D art installations using this plastic-like, lightweight building material for his animal sculptures.
What is fibreglass?
To learn traditional painting styles, Lin had to travel to this northern, tropical territory of Australia.
What is the Northern Territory?
What is Weston's shoe size?
What is 8.0 US?