GLEN MACKIE | 'Gaynah' | 2024 | Acrylic paintingGlen Mackie (Kei Kalak) is from Iama Yam Island, and his totems are the hammerhead shark and the crocodile. His bold minarr, or infill design style, incorporates family totemic designs as well as his own invented repeating patterns. He retells the myths and stories he inherited from older family members, and credits his artist grandfather for teaching him to carve. Mackie fiercely wants to preserve his culture by retelling the stories of his community

Inspired by beautifully adorned ancient scrolls

Paper size: 390mm x 265mm

Details: Matilda Malujewel Nona

prepared and hand-painted

Alison has a very strong connection to place and heritage and draws from traditional stories and the places where she lives and camps for her inspiration

NAPOLEAN OUI | 'Gurra Gurra' (Ancestors) | Djabugay Nation rainforest shield design | 2016 | 3 colour etching on one plate

2009Published by Djumbunji Press KickArts Fine Art PrintmakingImage size: 176mm x 122mmPaper size: 390mm x 265mm Paper type: Hahnemühle off white 300 GSMInk type: CharbonnelCollaborating printer: Dian DarmansjahEditioning printer: Hannah ParkerArtist: Shanoah ShepherdLanguage name: JidaLanguage: Yidinji-WakkaRegion: Yarrabah/CairnsTribe/Clan/Country: Ku-ku-yao-kanju

He died on Waanyi Country

I am also a member of the Aboriginal Rainforest Art Group (ARAG) which is a group of like minded artists drawing inspiration from our traditional art

and that’s what it looks like compared to the desolate pine forests you may have in mind when you hear the word plantation

and the images are of sea creatures that live in and around the Torres Strait

created to be part of your everyday adventures