ERNIE & LOUISE TURPIN, UNTITLED, 2006
Location: Collie Goods Shed, Forrest St (inside)
This series of two murals, located inside the Collie Goods Shed, tell the story of Collie’s rail heritage.
Goods Shed access information and opening hours
About the artist:
Ernie Turpin is qualified in cartography and management and has spent a significant amount of time working and teaching in those areas. He has also had a wealth of experience in computerized mapping and art teaching.
Having resigned from the State Public Service at age fifty five to become a freelance artist, Ernie embarked upon a full time art tutoring career - whereby he travelled throughout the State of Western Australia as an ‘artist-in-residence‘ over a period of some twelve years. In particular, Ernie worked primarily with indigenous groups in remote locations, completing mural projects and tutoring students in various forms of art. He also was regularly contracted to work with a number of mining companies, craft groups, hospitals, local authorities, prisons and metropolitan schools, etc., which required extensive travelling into some of the most scenic terrain of Western Australia.
Ernie is now in retirement, spends most of his leisure time in the Perth Metropolitan Area working in his studio or giving talks and art demonstrations to a range of different audiences.
Images: Taj Kempe
THE COLLIE MURAL TRAIL
