INDIA COLLINS | 'Mango Season 13' | Mixed media / framedMango Season A seasonal drop of small works, born under the hot, sweet air of a Far North Queensland summer. These offerings are raw, unfiltered play, marks of colour and gesturemorning musings set free. They represent pure joy spilling across the paper: no rules, no limits, no fear of looking bad, no desire to look good, no expectation, no plan. Just pure expression, and liberation of the spirit. The energy within each one is bursting, blissful,

Maree is the granddaughter of the late Akay Koo’oila who was one of the first female painters in Aurukun

5 (d)  cm

5 (h) x 45

Elizabeth River hugs his Country

and finally woven into a fish net

Old people believe that newborn babies keep the spout away

The Akay Koo’Oila is an arts studio for women and is part of the Wik and Kugu Arts Centre in Aurukun

CLAUDINE MARZIK | ‘Undara Archway 2’ | Acrylic on paper in box timber frame | 42 (h) x 30 (w) cm

Susie Losch

book illustration and painting

I enjoy painting

LOIS HAYES DESIGNS | ‘Stone Ring: Topaz' | Oxidized sterling silver