Milton Budge b. 1941

Also known as Milton Flanders
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Milton Budge, Thungutti painter was born in 1941 on Burnt Bridge Mission in Kempsey on the NSW mid-north coast. His paintings depict local Dreaming stories, memories of his life growing up on the mission and cultural memories of life pre-European arrival.

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  • staffcontributor Sept. 17, 2011 In a later interview with the author Budge said that he and Robert Campbell Jnr were acutely aware of the successes of "regional" styles in particular the style emerging from Papunya, NT. Together they decided that they would create a "Kempsey style". This style emerged after many months of painting side by side and it is the style that Campbell Jnr is renowned for and that Budge continues to paint in. This style incorporates transparent 'dots' or bubbles that appear to fall over the completed painted image on the canvas (source: Tess Allas).
  • staffcontributor Sept. 17, 2011 The 2008 exhibition 'Ngadhu, Ngulili, Ngeanminyagu: A Personal History of Aboriginal Art in the Premier State' at Campbelltown Arts Centre was the first time in almost 20 years that the work of Milton Budge and Robert Campbell Jr. was hung together in the same curated show (source: Tess Allas).
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