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Alpha H, Christmas packaging
The western notion of Christmas is a time-honoured oral & visual history ‘stolen’ and retooled from the Norwegian Indigenous tribes. The traditional red and pointed hat are based in Norway from their peoples folklore. In this painting I wanted to use the colours and geometry of the Australian outback in December to visually reclaim a truly Australian Christmas. The colour palette directly hails from the McDonald Ranges near Alice Spring.
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