IRENE BOWYER | ‘X Shield (orange/black) Earrings' | Hand-painted wood Tidal Flow ornaments and tools

ornaments and tools

to some extent

INDIA COLLINS | 'Mango Season 7' | 2025 | 27 (h) x 22 (w) x 3 (d) cm | Ink / watercolour / powdered pigment / acrylic paint on 300gsm paper

LOIS HAYES | ‘Shifting Contours - Earrings 6’ | 2025 | Enamel / recycled copper/ sterling silver  | H 70 x W 30 mm

traditions and lifestyles of the Torres Strait Islander peoples

IRENE BOWYER | ‘X Shield (orange/black) Earrings' | Hand-painted wood Tidal Flow ornaments and toolsIrene 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