It's a big deal when your work is recognised.
Not only has Wagga Wagga artist Juanita McLauchlan had her work featured in an exhibition at Parliament House in Sydney, she's also been named as a finalist in Australia's oldest prize for landscape art.
But, as Sally Bryant found out, Juanita is 'more than an artist'.
Additional production by Lisa Herbert.
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Gamilaraay artist and printmaker Juanita McLauchlan works with textiles like blankets and possum skins.
Wagga Wagga, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)