ZANE SAUNDERS | 'Measuring Stick' | 2026 | Acrylic on Panel"When our Country and the environment are healthy and happy, so are our people. When we abandon Country and its flora and fauna, we all suffer. We, along with the animals, plants and the environment, are the Custodians of Country. This piece explores the cultural landscape of Far North Queensland. The circles mark sites of cultural practice I have encountered on my life journey. The work depicts governing structures with multiple points of knowledge,

"My mum was born at Minikuri on the west side of Bentinck Island

Details: JEAN WALMBENG

The Early Ones

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and a love of tropical living

5cm (image size)

The stories and environments of this ancient culture are being transformed daily into visual images and designs by weavers

I relish visits to Manila to share the tastes of home with family and friends but find myself troubled by the economic and environmental precarity of so many of my fellow Filipinos

The large mats were used for us to sit on in the school rooms and baskets to carry and store our possessions

Paper size 122cm H x 81cm W

Skin oils and cosmetics may build up on the earrings over time and dull the color of the titanium

Paper size: 390mm x 536mm