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Theme: At Ease Artist: Robert CAMPBELL (JNR) Birth/Death: 1944–1993 Title: Sammie Alfie Drew, local Macleay Aboriginal sporting identity Credit Line: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Robert Campbell Jnr’s portrait shows the public persona of his friend Alfie Drew, who played ‘winger’ for the all-Aboriginal team, the Woolbrook Hawks, in the 1930s. In the lower half of the painting are the personal totems that identify the spiritual persona of the portrait’s subject. A self-taught artist, and member of the Ngaku clan, Campbell was educated at Burnt Bridge Aboriginal Mission and spent his childhood in the Kempsey region. Campbell was amongst the first so-called 'urban' Aboriginal artists to travel to remote areas in the Top End of the Northern Territory, forging links with artists from the Arnhem Land communities. More details Click image to enlarge