Click to enlargeSilas Hobson
1978 – 2024
- Region
- Cape York, Gulf & Far North Queensland
- Community
- Lockhart River
- Language group
- Kuuku Ya’u; Wuthathi
A Gathering, 2005
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
127 x 188.5cm
- Provenance
- Lockhart River Art Centre, Lockhart River, Qld
Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Artwork story
- Silas is a Kuuku Y'au / Wuthathi speaker who was born in 1978 and grew up in Lockhart River. He is a regular and committed worker at the Art Centre.
His paintings have developed a distinctive style and imagery and his limited edition prints are of high technical quality.
As he states: "My works are about my country and animals and they are a contemporary response to the traditional culture and isolation of my community." He is also an avid football player and enjoys hunting and fishing.