Biography

Paul Schilling – Dazaungee, an aboriginal man, feels the need to shed the image that was taught to him as a child – that he was undesirable, shameful, unworthy. This continual redefinition, questioning and searching, keeps Paul’s work alive; seeking to shed the old self and invite the new and ever-changing self. As he expresses himself, he heals himself; the inner voice and the inner eye clear opens for the energy of the image to move through him from “the great house of invention”. This is the manifest vision from the sky world which springs to life in the paintings.

“For me, painting is a medium for healing, for celebrating the spirit, and it is a gift. It is an opportunity to explore and understand myself, and my place and relationship within the circle of creation. l have been haunted by faces since my early childhood; faces of the living, of the dying, and of rebirth. I see the many masks and layers of these faces, but l am fascinated with what is actually underneath.”

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