MAREE KOO-OILA | ‘Paamp / Freshwater Lagoon’ | Acrylic on stretched canvas Tigers eye He lives and works in

He lives and works in Cairns

as well as in CIAF

The winds are depicted being blown out of the mouth of the spirit god Marrkai

Paper Size 122cm H x 81cm W

Girringun Art Centre | 'Ocean Supermarket' Leonard Andy | Puzzle

MAREE KOO-OILA | ‘Paamp / Freshwater Lagoon’ | Acrylic on stretched canvas Tigers eye He lives and works inWal gnal series focuses on Marees Grandmother's totem. An emerging artist at Wik & Kugu, Maree is the granddaughter of the late Akay Koooila who was one of the first female painters in Aurukun. Like her grandmother, Maree applies bold colour combinations to express her unique cultural identify. Her paintings draw on the lands surrounding Aurukun, including her own tribal country of Wal ngal and Knox River. Maree belongs to the Winchanam Ceremonial