FLASH BLAK | ‘Oyster Shell- I Will Rise Up’ – brown / yellow | recycled oyster shell | alcohol ink, pen + resin Yarrabah Bay DARREN BLACKMAN | 'Land Belonging

DARREN BLACKMAN | 'Land Belonging to Nobody: Falsehood' | 2020 | 56 (h) x 76 (w) cm | Acrylic / Wu (Ochre) / Charcoal on Hahnemuehle paper

Bevan and Leo are established and emerging carvers and form an important core of artists within the Wik and Kugu Arts Centre

She has participated in projects with local and Indigenous artists

there to the north

FLASH BLAK | ‘Oyster Shell- I Will Rise Up’ – brown / yellow | recycled oyster shell | alcohol ink, pen + resin Yarrabah Bay DARREN BLACKMAN | 'Land BelongingThese handpainted Oyster Shells are inspired by Christmas lunch in the artists family. Each is meticulously cleaned, dried, painted, decorated and coated in a layer of resin to finish them off and protect the surface. They can be used as decorative items, trinket dishes or even framed as an artwork. ABOUT THE MAKER: 'I grew up second hand shopping in Gimuy Cairns (Yirrganydji nation) with my mum and aunty in the 70s & 80s. We would spend hours bargain