MAREE KOO-OILA | ‘Aak Paamp (Freshwater Lagoon)’ | Acrylic on stretched canvas Fine Art Printmaking Artist: Debra Murray

Artist: Debra Murray

printed in Far North Queensland

This story is from the people of Saibai who belong to the TABU (snake) clan

A big rain

how I act to live to fight another day in today’s society

MAREE KOO-OILA | ‘Aak Paamp (Freshwater Lagoon)’ | Acrylic on stretched canvas Fine Art Printmaking Artist: Debra MurrayWal 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