MAREE KOO-OILA | ‘Paamp / Freshwater Lagoon’ | Acrylic on stretched canvasWal gnal series focuses on Marees Grandmother's totem. An emerging artist at Wik & Kugu, Maree is the granddaughter of the late Akay Koooila who was one of the first female painters in Aurukun. Like her grandmother, Maree applies bold colour combinations to express her unique cultural identify. Her paintings draw on the lands surrounding Aurukun, including her own tribal country of Wal ngal and Knox River. Maree belongs to the Winchanam Ceremonial

Image size: 176mm x 122mmPaper size: 390mm x 265mmPaper type:

JANE DENNIS | '50 Shades of Grey' | Gyotaku print / ink on Japanese Kozo rice paper | 49 (h) x 65 (w) cm

Lockhart River

Inside the wooden boat a dugong gives birth and a fish swims

This also has a spiritual connection through totemic cultural practice

waru gidha a aap asiw gidha

'Thuwathu and Marnbil

Brian Robinson is a multi-skilled contemporary artist

Cambridge University Press

It brings a smile to my face when I finish an artwork and see a part of me on it

ngoey dhangalal gasamik

traditional stories and the environment in which he lives