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Local school librarian AngelaAnderson got the chance toshowcase her artistic talents inher debut solo exhibition thatopened as part of the ShinjuFringe Festival on May 17.

Originally from Melbourne,Mrs Anderson relocated toBroome in 2016 with her husband,Clay, and spent endless hoursexploring the Kimberleylandscape.

“(Moving to Broome) was a biglife change from living in a bigcity like Melbourne,” MrsAnderson said.

“I’ve been painting inMelbourne for years but I didn’texpect the Kimberley to have sucha huge impact on my painting —all of my paintings are theKimberley colours now.

“I had these emotionalmoments with the scenery andthought about how I coulddeconstruct those feelings andincorporate that into a painting.

“The Kimberley has definitelystolen my creative heart and I feellike I have a better understandingof what passion truly is here.”

Mrs Anderson said her use of adeconstructed and abstractacrylic painting style began whenshe moved to Broome and hadnever used that style inMelbourne.

“Seeing those stunning views, Ireally want to sort of emulatehow the indigenous peopleillustrate an aerial view andreally deconstruct the view intohow I see the tidal rushes and the

sunsets and the pindan,” she said.“I look out and just feel so

inspired and it almost feels like aspiritual moment.”

After putting together theexhibition with the Pearl ShedFraming Studio, Mrs Andersonsaid seeing her artwork on thewalls of the studio felt like shewas surrounded by friends.

“My artwork is very special tome because I make a connectionwith the views of the Kimberleyand that translates into mywork,” she said. “I would feel soprivileged if people feel aconnection with the artwork.”

‘Kimberley colours’ on show

Angela Anderson with one of her artworks. Pictures: Carly Laden

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Mrs Anderson with some of her works as part of her debut exhibition.

Local filmmakers were given justtwo days to make two-minuteshort films and photo stories lastweekend with the reward ascreening event at Matso’sBrewery on May 20.

The 2 in 2 Film Festival andPhoto Stories event took place aspart of the 2018 Shinju FringeFestival.

Broome Community ResourceCentre provided the base forskilled help on planning, filmingand editing their short films andphoto stories.

Seven filmmaking and photostory teams then showcased theirefforts to an enthusiasticaudience of 80, followed by a Q&Asession detailing how and why thefilms were made, before movingon to fine-tune their work for theMud and Saltwater Short FilmFest in August.

The photo stories were also wellreceived.

Shayne Thomson’s Vic the TreasureHunter. Picture: Kandy Curran

Fast films providelocal edget Carly Laden

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