Bronwyn Oliver | "A life in art", By Ian Howard, Artist Profile magazine, review of TarraWarra Museum of Art Exhibition, November 19, 2016 to February 5, 2017

I first met Bronwyn Oliver when she was 10 years old. It was 1969. She was Bronwyn Gooda then and her family lived in northern NSW, in the cattle and wheat town of Inverell. I was in my first year of teaching art at the local high school and for good measure I ran a Saturday morning art class for younger children at the Inverell TAFE.

Nineteen Sixty Nine was also an “exciting time to be alive”. Being considered the local art expert, I was summoned to attend the bowling club (the real meeting point for the town) in mid-November, to explain to a considerable audience what ...