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The cartoon film, “Detour in the Wheelie of Life” produced and directed by Bill Flowers and Tom Priestley was the winner of an Australian Film Institute 2001 short film completion |
The cartoon film, “Detour in the Wheelie of Life” produced and directed by Bill Flowers and Tom Priestley was the winner of an Australian Film Institute 2001 short film completion |
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In December 2010 Flowers exhibited a painting that caused local controversy among church leaders in Tasmania, as it depicted Tasmanian devils posed as the famous last supper painting. The title of the painting was "I hope this is not their last supper" and was meant to be an environmental statement about the endangered Tasmanian devil population. |
In December 2010 Flowers exhibited a painting that caused local controversy among church leaders in Tasmania, as it depicted Tasmanian devils posed as the famous last supper painting. The title of the painting was "I hope this is not their last supper , Or jennies ahhhh" and was meant to be an environmental statement about the endangered Tasmanian devil population. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Bill Flowers (born in 1963, in Tasmanian, Australia) an Australian painter, printmaker, cartoonist, animator & snake wrangler who lives in Ulverstone, Tasmania. The Lowbrow artworks of Flowers consist of wildlife based works and cartoon animations.
Flowers was a key figure in the Australian comic art scene of the 1990s. Flowers created 'The Cat' for Southern Aurora Comics and 'Father Rice the fearless vampire slayer' The Father Rice comics went on to be short films for the Off Planet Films 'Drakenstien' and 'Albino Santa Cop'.[1] [2]
Bill Flowers(II) and Tom Priestley developed a style of animation that lead to first place in 2004 Trasharama A-Go-Go.[3] The cartoon film, “Detour in the Wheelie of Life” produced and directed by Bill Flowers and Tom Priestley was the winner of an Australian Film Institute 2001 short film completion
In December 2010 Flowers exhibited a painting that caused local controversy among church leaders in Tasmania, as it depicted Tasmanian devils posed as the famous last supper painting. The title of the painting was "I hope this is not their last supper , Or jennies ahhhh" and was meant to be an environmental statement about the endangered Tasmanian devil population.
References
http://www.theadvocate.com.au/multimedia/18783/159885/artists-wild-at-heart.aspx?Start=0&page=1