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Being

Creative visual thinking is fundamental to us all as human beings as we strive to understand our sense of self and the world. Chartwell seeks to deepen understanding about the importance of art and creative thinking for our future and our wellbeing.

Seeing

Chartwell is an explorer of the visual world. We want to know more about how and what we see. When both the eye and the mind are active, the creative process opens to the artist and viewer. The Chartwell Collection provides the viewer many examples of creative visual thought in action.

Making

Chartwell supports artists as they make and think. Making is an active and connected process, involving the interaction of intention, intuition and intellect with the mediums of the world. Chartwell is making too - making a difference through philanthropy and enabling access to creative activities and research.

Thinking

Chartwell encourages everyone to think about art and the creative process with a commitment to drive an understanding about the significance of the visual arts to general creative thinking. We share a curiosity to know and learn more: an imaginative, ongoing investigation.

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Ian W Abdulla

Ian Abdulla was an Aboriginal Australian contemporary artist. Abdulla was born in 1947 at Swan Reach, on the Murray River, in the Murraylands region of South Australia. His art depicts the landscape and activities of this area, with a strong storytelling element.

In 1988, Abdulla learned printmaking at a workshop in Glossop, and the following year he began painting. In 1991 Abdulla was named South Australian Aboriginal Artist of the Year, and was awarded an Australia Council Fellowship in 1992. His works have been exhibited internationally and are part of the permanent collection at the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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