ANNIKA HARDING | ‘Changing skies and volcanic landscape near Yungaburra’ | Acrylic on northern blackwood timberThis collection of new paintings by Annika Harding explore the landscapes near her home in the Atherton Tablelands. They examines moments of tension between the built environment and agricultural landscapes, and the lush rainforest ecosystem and its intense weather. The landscapes explored and represented in this exhibition are mostly Ngadjon Jii Country always was, always will be. The artist acknowledges with deep respect all of the traditional

swamps and creating sacred places

“Nana Walker taught me how to weave when I was little and she taught lots of other people in Mossman too

- Bernice Burke

though through comparative consideration: these two artists sit together now

He has worked on a number of government and public art commissions including Kank inum–Nink inum (Old way–New way) for the Commonwealth Government (2002)

I started painting 2019

We used to go bush with our parents who taught us a lot about our homelands

The form and imagery of the bagu with jiman artwork has its origins in the sky

Matilda Malujewel Nona

Araw Warul (2016) shows the turtles swimming in the ring tides during Sageraw Thonar

Paper size: 390mm x 536mm

But I’m one of the only people who is working with the black palm which I harvest from up home and near Mum’s place at Cow Bay in the Daintree