Susan Wyatt
, b. 1952
Susan Wyatt is a Wongai woman, born in Kalgoorlie, a Goldfields town in Western Australia. Educated at the Goldfields, she studied graphic design at James Street Art School in Perth. In 2003 Susan Wyatt was an Archibald Prize finalist for her portrait of Doris Pilkington, (Mugi Gamarra), author of Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence, which tells the story of Pilkington’s mother, Molly Craig and two other Aboriginal girls who were forcibly removed from their families to be trained as servants at the Moore River Native Settlement, and their epic 1500 mile journey home on foot, by following the rabbit-proof fence in 1931. Sue Wyatt has illustrated five children’s books with May L.O’Brien. Her dark, sketchy, dreamlike illustrations for The Legend of The Seven Sisters are executed in purple, orange and black wash with black ink drawings.
Bio prepared by Margaret Bromley, University of New England, brom_ken@bigpond.net.au
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