TitlePainting by Uncle Keith Stewart, 1991Date1991About this objectThis painting featuring fish, platypus and handprints was created by La Perouse Elder, Uncle Keith Stewart. Object No.2022.2Physical descriptionThis untitled painting by La Perouse Elder Uncle Keith Stewart features fish, platypus and four handprints against a background of hatching and stripes at different angles and different colours. Two of the handprints are formed by white spray and surrounded with circles of white dots and brown dots. The other two handprints are formed by brown paint flecks. The fish is decorated with strips and dots along its head, back and tail in white, yellow, ochre and pink on brown. The patterns in its belly resemble intestines and internal organs. The platypus is decorated with dots and lines in red, white and yellow on brown. Painted with acrylic on board, the work is mounted with a beige fabric mat and framed in a black frame with no glass. CreatorStewart, Keith Inscriptions & marks‘K. STEWART, LA PEROUSE, 1991’ handwritten in black pen on the reverse sideDimensionsFramed: 45cm x 56cm;
Painted board: 26cm x 42.3cmMaterialacrylicboardfabricwoodSourceLa Perouse MuseumProvenance 1991 - painted by Uncle Keith Stewart;
1991–2022 - owned by Stewart's family;
6 June 2022 - acquired by Mid North Coast Local Health District facilitated by Aunty Deidre Martin, daughter of Uncle Keith Stewart;
1 September 2022 - donated by Sue Burgess, office manager of Mid North Coast Local Health DistrictCredit lineGift of Mid North Coast Local Health District, 2022Acquisition date1 September 2022Organisations (Detailed entries)La Perouse Museum (La Perouse, N.S.W.)CategoryMuseum | First NationsThemesFirst Nations
Stewart, Keith , Painting by Uncle Keith Stewart, 1991 (1991). Randwick City Council, accessed 21/01/2026, https://ourstory.randwick.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/8606
