Artists statement
Born in 1941, Lorraine ‘Bunta’ Patten grew up on the Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve near Warrnambool. She and her husband Uncle Herb studied a Diploma of Aboriginal Arts through the RMIT Indigenous Arts Unit. Aunty Bunta produced evocative charcoal drawings that have been praised for their strong sense of country. In 2005, she won the Deadly Art award at the Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.
Aunty Bunta was known as a role-model for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike and was awarded a posthumous Order of Australia Medal for service to the Indigenous community of Victoria in 2019.
