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BEYOND the BEEHIVES

The 16 x 2 metre panorama, came into being over a two year period from conception to completion 2006-2008

In May 2008, with much anticipation , Nadeen’s first panorama, Beehives of the Bungle Bungle was taken off the wall in the Lovell Gallery in readiness for it’s successor to be installed as part of the annual Argyle Diamonds Ord Valley Muster Art Appreciation Evening. The unveiling was officiated by The Hon Norman Moore MLA, who flew up from Perth for the occasion.

This incredible work, comprising eight panels to form one long scene, depicts the Bungle Bungle Massif from Echidna Chasm, to Piccaninny Creek. Having trudged the area off and on for over 18 years at the time of painting, Nadeen had acquired a good knowledge of the colour, geology and flora. Her intimate ‘feeling’ for the spirit and energy of this area has since been acknowledged by one of the Traditional Owners at an environmental meeting in 2010.


First marks, charcoal on tinted undercoat		 Trailer
Moving Day ~ from studio to gallery
Hanging
With a little help from friends		 Hanging Beyond the Beehives
Last adjustments

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On paper ... image sizes:         125 x 15 cm         165 x 20 cm
On canvas ... image sizes:   165 x 20 cm   200 x 25 cm

Bungle Bungle Panorama

In 1992 Nadeen painted the 11 metre panorama ‘Beehives of the Bungle Bungle’.
Hung in the Ivanhoe Gallery Restaurant in Kununurra for the next nine years, it soon became known as the Bungles Mural. This term is not technically correct as it was not painted directly onto the wall but onto six 1.8 square, canvas panels. This enabled Nadeen to retain ownership and also for the artwork to travel.


Nadeen and Mural
Nadeen in front of ‘Beehives of the Bungle Bungle’. Photo by Nick Rains

Three of the panels went to exhibition in Sydney in 1997 and the whole panorama travelled in a Slingair bus ( compliments of Kerry Slingsby), clear across the continent to Melbourne, in 2001.

Eventually, after hanging in pride of place in the new gallery from 2004 to 2008, this work now hangs in the foyer of the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre.