"The ancient ranges that traverse the arid landscape of Central Australia, east of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), are the home of the Alyawarr and Eastern Arrernte people. This is the land Billy Benn (Perrurle) painted, his birthplace and father’s country.
Benn’s paintings are permeated by a touch of melancholy that reflects the loss of many of his family in the hard days of frontier life, yet Benn is sustained by his nostalgia for his country and driven to keep pursuing his dream of painting every hill in his country, and one day returning home."
Hetti Perkins in 'Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2014
