{"id":716,"date":"2018-06-02T12:14:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T12:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/?page_id=716"},"modified":"2018-06-20T06:28:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T06:28:11","slug":"gordon-barney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/gordon-barney\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Barney"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"artist_table_left_td\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-692\" src=\"http:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Gordon-Barney-2-by-Thom-Rigney.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon Barney -photo by Thom Rigney\" width=\"774\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Gordon-Barney-2-by-Thom-Rigney.jpg 774w, https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Gordon-Barney-2-by-Thom-Rigney-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Gordon-Barney-2-by-Thom-Rigney-768x794.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Gordon-Barney-2-by-Thom-Rigney-700x724.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/birnoo-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-125 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BirnooCountry-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Birnoo Country - Gordon Barney, Warmun Art Centre\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BirnooCountry-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BirnooCountry-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BirnooCountry-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BirnooCountry-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BirnooCountry-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BirnooCountry.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"artist_table_right_td artist_table_td\">Gordon Barney was born and grew up on Alice Downs Station. His father taught him stockwork and he became known as a skilled\u00a0horsebreaker and buckjumper (rodeo rider). When Gordon worked as a stockman, he would often carry with him a saddle bag for\u00a0his ochre collection. At the end of his mustering shift, he would have a bagful of ochres that he sourced from riding through his\u00a0country. Whilst working on Mabel Downs Station, Gordon met Shirley Purdie, who later became his wife. Shirley is a well known\u00a0senior Warmun artist who encouraged Gordon to paint his country. He started painting in 1998 when Warmun Art Centre\u00a0commenced operation, often painting various hill lines located in his traditional country. Barney&#8217;s sense of concentration and focus\u00a0on country are pften reflected in these landscapes. Gordon is well known in Warmun Community as a strong law and culture man\u00a0and as an important ceremonial dancer.<\/p>\n<p>To see more of Gordon\u2019s work or to contact him go to <a href=\"https:\/\/warmunart.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warmunart.com.au<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gordon Barney was born and grew up on Alice Downs Station. His father taught him stockwork and he became known as a skilled\u00a0horsebreaker and buckjumper (rodeo rider). When Gordon worked as a stockman, he would often carry with him a saddle bag for\u00a0his ochre collection&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/716\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storiesandstructures.micro.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}