Dr Mathieu Gallois
M. Fine Arts, B. Arts Arch. PhD
mgallois@hotmail.com

Acknowledgments

Teachers who shaped and guided my creative practice:

Andris Stals 1943 – 1999

David Watt 1952 – 1998

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In my final Honours year of study at the Australian National University, I wrote about art as the product of a collective social dynamic. I would like to acknowledge the indispensable contribution of many individuals and organisations in the realisation of the essentially non-commercial pursuits of my art practice.

Special thanks to friend and mentor Auntie Joyce Williams, Elder of the Wiradjuri people of Wellington Valley. Starting in 2005 Joyce took the time to sit with me and communicate the fuller meaning of myriad issues relating to Indigenous Australians. Her strength and moral clarity illuminates the path of many, including my own.