MARK STELLA | ‘Coral Prawn’ | Acrylic on stretched canvasArtist Statement: "He's on the Great Barrier Reef and he's surrounded by bommies, and he's feeding on the coral." Artist Biography: Born in Canberra, relocated to Cairns Gimuy region in childhood. "My people are from Kgari (Fraser Island) Butchulla people. I am a self taught artist, I grew up watching my aunts and uncles paint indigenous art and developed my own style later in life. My art is a way for me to express myself and for my creativity, it is

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

including her own tribal country of Wal-ngal and Knox River

stalking the vulnerable one

walking tracks and more

These are the markings that run across my chest

Image size: 400 x 885 mm

and was a fearsome weapon which would stand nearly as high as the person who wielded it

But he doesn't give her anything

Featured in the Akin exhibition

Artwork story: The creation of fibre art has a long history in Indigenous Australia

born under the hot

rainbow lorikeet and ducks