Mr. Billy Doolan Jnr. b. 1952

Also known as Mr. Billy Doo
  • Artist (Painter)
Billy Doolan is from Palm Island, Queensland and is a painter who works with synthetic polymer paint on linen. He is also a wood carver.
Tags: Wood carver
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Billy Doolan from Palm Island, Queensland is a painter working with synthetic polymer paint on canvas. His works were showcased in the 2001 “Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia” exhibition in Brisbane where his catalogue entry reads, “I paint to share with people my dismay and frustration at what destruction and mayhem people all to Mother Earth, which also encompasses our waters and oceans and the life within.”

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Date written:
2007
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2011

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Periods active
  • 1971-
  • 2001-
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  • Wood carver
Alternative names
  • Mr. Billy Doo
Related works
  • Two Sisters - How the Water Came (creator of)
  • Men Fishing (creator of)
  • Two Sisters - How the Water Came (creator of)
  • Men Fishing (creator of)
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  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
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