NAPOLEAN OUI | 'Mundu' (Spirit) | EtchingNapoleon Oui is a Djabugay man who explores his connection to rainforest bama (people), landscape and culture through his art. Inspired by the ancient tradition of rainforest shield designs and totemic motifs, Napoleons bold designs are iconic and indicative of a style only found in the rainforest region of Far North Queensland. A father will make his son a shield and the father will sit up one end and the son will sit up the other end. Whatever the

Paper: Hahnemuhle 300gsm warm white

The Kingfisher represents water

He was renowned for his evergreen plantation

and sometimes employed to make more multi-dimensional structures

DARREN BLACKMAN | 'Seasonal Hunt' | Reduction linocut | 2018 | Paper size: 38 x 56 cm

Gaapu thayar kulba danalgaw thonarnu waruka gasmka

Details: Tea towel

etching and fabric design

Artist's statement: My country is Tjapukai and I have worked for 10 years as a cultural performer

Inub gethaw zamiyak

that his bush tucker

Eastern and Central groups but the Top Western Islands also used wooden masks obtained via trade and exchange