TEHO ROPEYARN | 'Atava Ikamba (River Crocodile)' | Etching print Edition:10\10 I only came back in

I only came back in 2008 so that I could be with my family and live back on Bentinck Island

I used to sit down with my aunty outside of the Old Aurukun Villiage

NOELEEN HILLS | 'White Cliffs' | 2014 | Painting | Synthetic Polymer on Linen | 91 (h) x 61 (w) cms

"As a young artist

he considers the practice of weaving is more than making something that is both practical and beautiful

TEHO ROPEYARN | 'Atava Ikamba (River Crocodile)' | Etching print Edition:10\10 I only came back inInjinoo (and all Aboriginal) people are at one with the land, sea and sky. We traverse the physical, the natural and the spiritual realms. My works are a visual depiction of this philosophy explaining how the land becomes the human, the human becomes the animal, the animal becomes the land, the land becomes the spirit, and the spirit becomes a device linking these elements. The land will only listen to its people. Aboriginal connection to Country is