Craig Ruddy Dies Just Over a Month After David Gulpilil?!

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains  images of a person who has died.

Archibald Prize winner Craig Ruddy
dies from COVID-19 complications

"I thought I'd be a cowboy, like John Wayne"?

I must admit that I never knew who Craig Ruddy was until I saw on the news that he had passed away.

Books That Made Us?

And while Craig is mentioned in the book I bought from the

Avid Reader, I only made it up to page 50 before I placed it on my bedroom chest of drawers to read later -

The Art of Swimming, Big Fish and Keeping Calm?

"Craig Ruddy (8 August 1968 – 4 January 2022) was an Australian artist, known for winning the Archibald Prize in 2004 with his portrait of renowned Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil."