Patrick Butcher, born in 1977, is one of the original “Art Gang” members. He is a print maker and painter. Patrick has shown his work in many group shows in Australia and overseas. His work is fresh and vital. Patrick's Aboriginal artworks draw on Dreamtime stories associated with cultural and linguistic traditions and the land and sea which surround his community. Patrick paints with his left and right hands; he does not use brushes for his works. As such, he is an interesting example of the use of Aboriginal hand painting to communicate his culture via Indigenous artworks. Artist Statement: “I was a member of the Lockhart River Art Gang when they worked mainly at the School. This is a group of young Aboriginal artists from the east coast of Cape York. I have done a bit of work with Batik and lino-printing. Like working with cross hatching techniques. I worked with pottery and done a bit of practice printing shirts at the school. I did art work for the Great Barrier Reef Management Association Project. My paintings were used for pamphlets and postcard invitations for the Message Stick exhibition. I liked making stretchers for canvases. In my spare time I like to go fishing. When it’s high tide, I like to go spear fishing for stingrays and the many species of fish I come across, and diving amongst the rocks off-shore. Usually I like to make spear and find the elders and have a yarn with them about bush tucker and all that.”