Lin Onus

Australian artist Lin Onus (1948-1996) was the son of a Scottish mother and Aboriginal father. Much of his work focused on the reconciliation of the two cultures he embodied. Clearly he was also a fan of humor. Here, in his painting entitled Michael and I Are Just Slipping Down to the Pub for a Moment, the Dingo, Onus's symbol, rides the back of the Stingray, the symbol of fellow artist and collaborator Michael Eather.

I really love how different this work is to most Indigenous art. The visible texture of lin's work is so crisp and developed beyond other pieces seen, and on further research into this piece I have found that the wave is very inspired by; Hokusai's 18th Century Great Wave Off Kanagawa (below). This shows that diverse artistic styles, like cultures themselves, can combine to make magnificent art.