Sally Morgan and Lin Onus

Sally Morgan and Lin Onus are two aboriginal artist who are very similar but different in many ways. These two artists present their opinion and point of view on life through their art works. Their paintings are comments on what they see around them and in the past of the aboriginal and white society.

Sally Morgan is not only an artist but also writer. Sally Morgan makes works to explore environmental issues around the world. Working mainly in the area of screen painting, she often deals with aboriginal family problems and how they fight for survival.

“Taken Away” by Sally Morgan is a screen painting made in 1987. The subject matter of this artwork is very complex. Surrounding the main image is a border of continuos waved lines. Inside the border is an image, this includes: three organic shaped mountains in the top third, with two suns in the sky. Below the mountains are two jagged lines, within the lines are numerous odd shapes. Bellow the second jagged line is an area of ...