Eric Thake 'Hippobottomi' earth tones Shimmen’s work is held by

Shimmen’s work is held by the National Gallery of Australia

She is gently satirical and lightly experimental – bronzed legs

Dimensions: 30 x 30 x 3 cm

this charcoal drawing oozes style

using both Aboriginal and Western techniques to unsettle categorisation

Eric Thake 'Hippobottomi' earth tones Shimmen’s work is held byEvery year, modernist Eric Thake would send his friends a hand made Christmas card. Original linocut prints, these cards have since become canonical, each observing a changing nation through one its most distinct voices. They also speak to Thakes innerworld, with this particular work coming from the collection of his friend, revered writer and curator Ursula Hoff. The punnily titled Hippobottomi is a disarming portrait of three hippos. Thake captures