Cressida Campbell

'I love many paintings by First Nations artists, from the very early barks to recent works by artists including Galuma Maymuru, Gunybi Ganambarr, Rover Thomas, Freddy Timms, Kitty Kantilla and Djirrirra Wunungmurra. I like the texture of the ochres and how some of the images are almost hieroglyphic. I love the sense of design and the way some artists are not afraid of having vast expanses of very similar patterning—areas that are completely satisfying to the eye. I love the use of black and white together, as well as ochre, and how so often the compositions aren’t symmetrical. While there are profound stories behind the pictures that are unknown to me, I respond to the way the paintings are so powerful and delicate at the same time.'

—Cressida Campbell