Nudge was born in Guyra in 1958. Â He belongs to the Biripi/Ngarabal language group.
Nudge’s work has a strong connection to water. ‘ I try to put movement into my paintings, especially the water ones… Â water is important – life cannot exist without it and also for Aboriginal people, rivers were the traditional boundaries between Aboriginal tribal lands.’
Nudge also comments that ‘not enough respect is shown to the earth – I want people to think about the importance of not polluting our waterways,  of protecting our vegetation and allowing fish passages to exist.’
