gouache on crescent board

51.0 x 76.5 cm

bears a written dedication to the recipient verso, dictated by Paddy Bedford and transcribed by Tony Oliver: ‘To my friends Peter and Karen, thank you, lawyer that a true story – everything. Gardia damage them at Bedford Downs. Proove it now No matter gardia don’t believe. Paddy Quilty got wild over bullock – but other gardia wanted those blackfella women. My mum carrying me when bad thing happen with cheeky gardia. Paddy Quilty give me his name – “We’ll have to call him after me – ‘Paddy Bedford’.’ That Trevor Smith and Jack Carey they cheeky gardia – Carey bad man cut women’s milk and miller (vagina) – BAD PEOPLE – Murders – cut man’s prick as well. Thank you, from Lawman Paddy – I know everything law way. I got olden time law that old people show us. Paddy Bedford, October 2003, Kununurra   Paddy Bedford gouache on crescent board September 2003 Jirrawun Arts Kununurra, WA'