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" Tropical Australia with regional isolation has EXCELLENT representation in global OUTSIDER ART WORK
 With it's roots deep in the shadow regions of the collective unconscious. Outsider Art is a  movement of democracy.
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Norma McCarthy
This 70 year old genius Norma, made a name in Far North Queensland during the 1980s when she was making and selling Bush Sculptures - assemblage work from found objects and dried plant matter. She was represented in foyers and lounges throughout the region and overseas.
Recent Work - ART JAIL
Norma tells us she opened Port's first gallery, and made her home in Mossman one giant on-going installation - that would become an obsession... and a haven for travelling artists, welcoming the Rainbow Tribe and local people to create.
Norma has travelled the streets of Australia like Street Performer Steve Trippp. Norma would document her thoughts on the plight of the homeless, visiting Australia's women's refuges and roaming all over the country. Speaking with thousands of Australians marginalised to that 'outsider' label, and recommending we all use of self-expression and creativity as a healing tool.
Norma Mc Carthy speaks from the inside -
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Maiia: "I have been privelaged to work closely with, be a student of Norma's for more than ten years now.
Below right 2 sketches of Norma by Maiia
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