'We're on a learning curve': A tip of the hat to pain and pleasure of the past

‘We’re on a learning curve’: A tip of the hat to pain and pleasure of the past
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Growing up in Pilliga in NSW’s north-west, artist Kerry Toomey was passionate about art and making things from an early age – even if the materials were not always to hand.
“I loved art at school, but we didn’t have those things at home,” she says. “I would create and do things and play and when my aunts were sewing I’d be there having a go at it. But when you think about it, if the choice was between getting food for a bunch of kids or buying some art materials, we’d be on the bottom of the list.

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