IRENE BOWYER | ‘Heart Shaped (purple/white/pink) Earrings' | Hand-painted wood Great Barrier Reef Fish First published in 2023 by

First published in 2023 by NorthSite Contemporary Arts

for the sustainability of our people and our future generations

90 x 60 cm

I lived my early working life on our family grazing property in western Queensland and some of the construction and maintenance work involved building fences and stockyards

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IRENE BOWYER | ‘Heart Shaped (purple/white/pink) Earrings' | Hand-painted wood Great Barrier Reef Fish First published in 2023 byIrene Bowyer is a Yuku Baja Muliku Traditional Owner and Elder. Irene started painting when she was 17 years old. Irene stopped painting for about 25 years due to family and life commitments, and has recently rekindled her passion to paint. Her mediums of choice are acrylics on canvas, and her inspiration for her art is drawn from the local region and traditional stories. "I started painting when I was about 17 years old. My family and I were living