Straddie Arts Trail Guide

Pulan Pulan Stop 16 - 19

Welcome

We warmly welcome you to our island of creativity and are excited for you to explore our trail of open studios, pop up galleries, community events, and workshops.

Our vibrant community of Island Artists and Makers are looking forward to showcasing their work, sharing their techniques and stories, and introducing our island’s exceptional beauty through their work.

The Straddie Arts Trail stretches over the three townships of Goompi, Pulan Pulan and Mulumba We hope this booklet featuring our trail maps, studio locations, opening times, and information about our participating artists will help you plan and get the most from your day.

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Goompi Stop 1 - 15

Mulumba Stop 20 - 34

34 STOPS | 3 TOWNSHIPS | 50+ ARTISTS | 6 COMMUNITY GROUPS

Straddie Workshops

Explore our vibrant workshop program!

Immerse yourself in creativity with a diverse range of high quality recreational and educational workshops for all ages and abilities. Our workshop program offers an opportunity to recharge through different art mediums, make connections and meet the locals. Whether you are wanting to develop your artistic skills, relax with some creative time or simply try something new there is something for everyone. Our workshops are highly sought after

with limited spaces for all events so bookings are essential. Go to our website to secure your spot today.

EXPLORE

Clay, Weaving, Beekeeping, Blacksmithing, Sand Art, Cyanotype, Silversmithing, Photography & so much more.

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Yura! Welcome to Redlands Coast for the Straddie Arts Trail

Proudly home to some of the best land-based whale watching in Australia, perch yourself on Queensland’s most easterly point and catch the migration as 40,000+ humpback whales pass Point Lookout (Mulumba).

Enjoy elevated views across the crystal clear ocean waters and watch with excitement as the majestic creatures breach and play below.

North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah)

Goompi Foreshore iam: an Exhibition

The exhibition will feature pieces that reflect and respond to the Goompi foreshore and other waterways of Terrangerri (North Stradbroke Island). The Dabil | Water initiative will host an array of community gatherings across the week including;

• The launch of Connection to Quandamooka Country: Goompi Foreshore. A debut film by Tegan Burns and Pekeri Ruska, highlighting the connection to Quandamooka Country across generations. A collaboration with Stradbroke Island Photography.

• Sproutt Photographic Exhibition

courtesy of NSI Museum on Minjerribah

• Stop for a yarn with our Elders & locals

• Quandamooka Chef cooking demonstration. Taste and learn about our bushtucker and island foods

• Join a Foreshore Tour or workshop Booking essential

• Storytelling and activities with Kiana Charlton

• Sound Healing by Clara Durbridge

Come and learn about the significance of the Goompi foreshore and other waterways of Terrangerri before you continue your Arts Trail journey.

9am to 3pm each day

Hosted by Goompi Give and Grow

Goompi Give & Grow iam: a Community Organisation

Tegan Burns and Pekeri Ruska are the co-founders of Goompi Give and Grow and through their deep connection to community and Country have developed projects including events, workshops and art projects that focus on community healing.

Their most recent project highlights the connection to Quandamooka Country across generations, highlighting places of significance to the Island’s community. During the Arts Trail, they will release their first film Connection to Quandamooka Country: Goompi Foreshore made in collaboration with Angie Simms and Stuart Quinn from Stradbroke Island Photography. The film highlights the significance of the Goompi foreshore to the Quandamooka people and forms part of the Dabil | Water exhibition at the Dunwich Hall, stop number one on the Arts Trail. Dabil is the Jandaiwal word for water.

Goompi Foreshore - 6 Ballow Rd, Dunwich pekeri@goompigivegrow.com goompigivegrow.com @goompigivegrow @goompigiveandgrow

Tegan and Pekeri - Goompi Give & Grow

Ang & Stu - Stradbroke Island Photography

Dunwich Community Hall - 6 Ballow Rd, Dunwich

Elizabeth Borey

iam: a Jewellery Maker

‘Gindi’ in my Jandai language means something good. I put a lot of love, time and effort into the making process to create a small handmade treasure for you, a memento of my beautiful island home. I use as many natural items as I can that I gather from country to enhance the design of each pendant. It is my hope that they bring you joy and connect you to Straddie’s marine life and native flora and fauna. My pendants reflect my fresh and salt water Quandamooka country - I am a Goenpul Nunukul Ngugi maker of Terrangee.

Goompi Collective

9 Ballow Rd, Dunwich

lizborey@bigpond.com

Renata Buziak

iam: a Visual Artist

Renata Buziak is a biochrome artist, researcher and educator working at the nexus of art and science, with a particular interest in nature.

Her photographic research is based on traditional photography and plant life. By bending the rules of photography and letting photographic materials interact with organic matter, Renata developed a unique process of creating art that she calls the biochrome. These art and science processes help her, and others connect with nature and improve their experience and wellbeing.

Renata has a PhD in Visual Art from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University where she has previously taught. Renata’s PhD research focused on Minjerribah’s healing plants in extensive consultations with members of the Quandamooka community.

Renata’s biochromes have been displayed in solo and group exhibitions, nationally and internationally.

NOREEN’S

SEASIDE SHOP

Fashion Jewellery Gifts Homewares

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whaletailskateboards4183@gmail.com

renata@renatabuziak.com

renatabuziak.com

Goompi Collective - 9 Ballow Rd, Dunwich

Michelle Inns

iam: a Small Batch Ceramist

I am a small batch ceramics maker. I love creating brightly coloured and patterned ceramic pieces that can be either functional or decorative and reflect what I see and feel living on the Island.

Gil Scrine

iam: a Painter

Goompi Collective

9 Ballow Rd, Dunwich

michelleinns@hotmail.com

@emjayi_ceramics

@emjayi_ceramics

I started back in high school when I fell in love with my art teacher. I never took it seriously until a couple of years ago. I was too busy being a parent while running my own business making and distributing films to stand in front of an easel for hours. I paint landscapes and portraits. Images have a way of beckoning me. They pop out and beg for paint. A painting is only successful if it also has that. The phone camera is my constant companion. I scroll my images looking for the one that pops out, sometimes only a fraction of the whole image. I’ve re-discovered oils, having switched to acrylics because of the smell of turps. I love the gloss and silkiness of oils and the way they are so forgiving. I’ve been visiting Minjerribah and living here on and off since I was 5 years old. I paint the Island and love it more with every painting.

gil@antidotefilms.com.au

antidotefilms.com.au

@gilscrineart

Goompi

Goompi Collective - 9 Ballow Rd, Dunwich

Zoë Wolfe

iam: a Graphic Designer & Illustrator

I am an emerging doodler and professional graphic designer. I recently completed post graduate studies in environment and sustainability, and a love of nature is reflected throughout my work. I work with pen and paper inspired by botanical illustration with a tendency towards obsessive patterning. It is less my background in design, and more the years spent doodling during lectures that influence my drawings, which embrace an unaffected twodimensional approach and levity in their repetitive patterns and wayward lines.

Goompi Collective - 9 Ballow Rd, Dunwich

zoe_wolfe@hotmail.com

@zw.doodles

Saltwater Murris Quandamooka

Art Gallery

iam: a Gallery

Salt Water Murris’ - Quandamooka Art Gallery is a not-for-profit Aboriginal organisation and is based at Goompi (Dunwich) on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island). Salt Water Murris artists are the storytellers of their people, relating individual and collective memories through their artistic works. Quandamooka artists imbue their artistic productions with local cultural and moral beliefs, using Quandamooka frameworks for their visual stories that have a historical tradition and connection to Quandamooka lands and seas. The Salt Water Murris Quandamooka Art Gallery offers excellent and unique Indigenous art, Quandamooka artists’ graphic designs, cultural workshops and accessories and a range of Indigenous constructs perfect for gifts and souvenirs.

Kabul

iam: Public Art by Josh Walker

NSI Museum on Minjerribah

iam: a Museum

3 Ballow Road, Dunwich

sandra.delaney27@hotmail.com

saltwatermurris.com.au

@salt_water_murris_quandamooka

@SWMQuandamooka

The North Stradbroke Island Museum on Minjerribah is a social history museum emphasising contemporary collecting. We aim to document and display the shared journey of living together on Minjerribah/Tjerangeri . The museum is on unceded Quandamooka Lands. Our social history is Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal; sometime in conflict; sometime in cooperation.

15-17 Welsby Street, Dunwich stradbrokemuseum.com.au

@northstradbrokemuseum

Crn. Ballow Road & Rous Street Dunwich

Anaheke Metua

iam: a Fibre Artist & Weaver

Anaheke was born in Aotearoa and is a proud Maori / Cook Island woman. She now lives and works on Quandamooka Country with her growing family. She is a contemporary fibre artist and weaver, passionate about nature-based wisdom and cultural practices for community and personal wellness.

Over the past 20 years her weaving practice has helped her develop her own unique style of weaving and accumulated knowledge of fibre plants available for weaving throughout SE QLD / NNSW. She is a seasoned facilitator and loves bringing people together to share craft, culture and connection.

Dale Ruska

iam: a Carpenter & Wood Craftsman

Dale Ruska is a Goenpul Goori, Original First Nation owner of Terangerri (North Stradbroke Island), Moreton Bay and surrounding Islands. He has been a carpenter and wood craftsman for nearly 40 years. He has also been a strong advocate for Original First Nations Sovereignty for many decades.

All of the hand turned and polished wooden bowls and boxes are made at Moopi Moopi Pa (One Mile) on Terangerri. All the timber is collected from around the Island, the blackboy (aka grass tree) has to die and be burnt by several bushfires before it can be used. Other timbers come from dead or fallen trees. All timber collected is done from a First Nations basis, refusing all Government permits.

Blackboy can grow for hundreds or even thousands of years. Cypress can also grow for the same amount of time. Trees on the Island that have a trunk base greater then one meter have been dated over one thousand years old.

The plant environment of Terangerri is unique, known as a wallum environment specific to large sand dune islands off the east coast of Australia. Wallum environments grow in mostly sand, very slowly over long periods of time.

North Stradbroke Island Museum - 15-17 Welsby Street, Dunwich anaheke@gmail.com

wovenarts.com.au

@wovenartsgallery

@wovenartsaustralia

North Stradbroke Island Museum - 15-17 Welsby Street, Dunwich

pekeri.ruska@gmail.com

goenpulwoodworks.com

@goenpulwoodworks

Cath Carroll

iam: a Ceramicist

I live on a curious island that turns its back on the city and looks out over the coral sea. The wonders of my island existence afford me the absolute pleasure of solitude. My island world exists as a vast textural landscape and “me”, a single figure surrounded by it or looking out upon it. My work captures these moments, the grandeur and beauty of the natural world and the elements within it. I wake early each morning to experience beaches, freshly swept by the sea tides or swim late in our inland lake to watch as the day closes its eyes to find peace in the stillness of dusk. Using clay and my unique finds I create work, both decorative and utilitarian, which incorporate my curiosity, the vistas, the moments, and natural elements of this curious island.

Merinda Robbins

iam: a Fine Arts Painter

I am a fine arts painter working in oils on canvas. I studied creative portraiture for many years and have recently turned this interest to the study of the Island’s favourite fauna and people in the landscape. Straddie is such a magical place and inspiration abounds. It is a joy to interpret its many faces through my practice.

11B Illawong Crescent, Dunwich minrobbins@bigpond.com

NSI Arts & Pottery Club iam:

a Community Club

The North Stradbroke Island Arts and Pottery Group Inc. was established in 1988 to provide opportunities for our local community to participate in arts and cultural activities. Our club fosters appreciation of community by drawing together and supporting members wishing to explore and learn new creative skills within a welcoming and kind environment.

Pottery is the perfect way to integrate self-care and creativity into your daily life, maintain one’s wellbeing, and alleviate anxiety, depression and stress. Pottery connects us back to the earth. Simply playing with clay and stimulating the pressure points in our hands can have therapeutic benefits. Clay also provides a natural way to connect with body and breath – the malleability and immediacy of the material naturally integrates the mind-body connection, something much needed in our often-hectic lives. Take a moment during the Arts Trail to Play With Clay in the old pottery’s garden! It’s fun for all ages. Browse our little shop of pottery goodies.

Val Clark iam: an Abstract Artist

I am an abstract artist who enjoys working in acrylic paint and mixed media.

I work intuitively, so I start my paintings with only a vague intention to express an idea or feeling, and then let the materials lead the way, which brings with it an element of excitement and surprise.

The paintings I make could be described as lively, joyous, a celebration of life perhaps, and sometimes they are wild or whimsical.

My love of and interest in travel influences my work, as does my love of country, I enjoy the freedom to create a body of work with an eclectic mix.

From early childhood creating art has always had a place on the map of my journey in life.

I have studied under some amazingly generous and wonderful artists who have inspired and encouraged me to continue to follow the trail in art.

44 Mitchell Cres, Dunwich QLD 4183

nsipottery.org

4 Guy Crescent, Dunwich

valerieclarkart@gmail.com

Henk Dogger

iam: a Blacksmith

I was apprenticed to a blacksmith in 1973 and have worked with metals since. I have recently built a workshop in Goompi on Minjerribah using reclaimed materials from 19th century buildings and have populated it with 19th century tools and equipment that I have carefully and meticulously restored to their 19th century functionality. I handforge items of jewellery and hardware from iron and steel using the 19th century methods and techniques learnt over my 50 working years. I also have trained dozens of apprentices and offer short training sessions where a person, who has probably never made anything with their own bare hands, are taught and guided to hand-make a handforged black-smithed item using the traditional ways.

Dr Karen Thurecht

iam: a Writer

Dr Karen Thurecht PhD has a lifelong interest in cultural belief systems relating to health and medicine. She has taught cultural history at the University of Queensland Medical School and Griffith University School, and supervised Masters and PhD students in Public Health across the country.

Karen is a medical anthropologist who lives in Dunwich and is working on a murder mystery series set in Queensland in the 1880’s, involving an eager young doctor, Hamish Hart. Murder at the Dunwich Asylum was published in December 2020 and Plantation Murders, set on the Logan Sugar Plantations was released in March 2022. Murder in Frog’s Hollow is set in the Brisbane CBD in the infamous ‘red light’ district of the 1880’s and will be released in November 2022.

minjerribahblacksmithshop@gmail.com

the-blacksmith-shop.square.site

instagram.com/minjerribah_blacksmith_shop

facebook.com/minjerribahblacksmithshop

Minjerribah Blacksmith Shop - 3 Shepherd Lane, Dunwich (Back of 4 Bingle Road)

Minjerribah Blacksmith Shop - 3 Shepherd Lane, Dunwich (Back of 4 Bingle Road)

Little Ship Club

iam: a Community Club

The Little Ship Club is located on the waterfront of the picturesque One Mile anchorage at Dunwich on Straddie. The club offers a warm welcome to members and visitors and besides nautical events like power cruising and fun races, the social and community calendar includes special events, live entertainment, music and food festivals throughout the year. The club is very pleased to be a part of this year’s Straddie Arts Trail and will host works by talented local artist Steve Barwell and photographer Marty Smith. Please stop by as you explore the exciting trail.

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Andrea Verheesen

iam: a Figurative Painter

Andrea’s work engages with the ideas of inter-generational trauma, genetically inherited memory and the effects of transnational diaspora on aspects of self, individual autobiographical reasoning and the maintenance of complex retrospective self-continuity.

She is particularly interested in how our mothers before us have shaped us both consciously and subconsciously - looking to the memories passed down in our DNA.

Andrea’s art explores this knowledge of your inter-generational self through her series: Mitochondrial Murmurings.

Andrea studied Fine Art at Queensland College of Art and is currently working towards a solo exhibition.

1 Yabby St, Dunwich

manager@littleshipclub.com.au

littleshipclub.com.au

@littleshipclubqld

@LittleShipClubQld

16 Bingle Road, Dunwich andreaverheesen@gmail.com

verheesen.com

instagram.com/andrea_verheesen

facebook.com/verheesen

Tjahli Tapp

iam: a Sand Artist

Tjahli does coloured sand art and helps others make their own work they can take home. Small bottles and framed pictures.

Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-inCouncil Aboriginal Corporation

iam: a Cultural Custodian

The Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-inCouncil Aboriginal Corporation (MMEIC), founded in 1993, plays a key role in:

• the facilitation of cultural awareness education and delivery to a diverse range of recipients including schools, universities, government and corporate entities

• progressing a range of First Nations social and youth justice developments including the formation of the NSI youth and social justice initiative and progression of Traditional Owner youth professional development and employment opportunities

• maintaining the responsibility of preserving cultural heritage values, objects and knowledge.

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Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-in-Council Aboriginal Corporation

Upcycled Island House

iam: Sustainable Permaculture

The Upcycled Island House is a labour of love by Billa and Chief Lauiti-Kolkr. It is their ‘living art’ as a model of urban permaculture and sustainable living as part of their “Earth School” enterprises. The house is a unique expression of their combined Norse and Papuan heritage and shared building and design skills. The house was renovated to Billa’s passive solar design by gutting the interior to re-aspect toward the north – it is warm in winter and cool in summer without any artificial heating or cooling. Beneath the asbestos and chipboard was a beautiful hardwood house made of forest red gum and ironbark which they carefully recycled into the renovation. Doors and windows were upcycled from demolished houses in Brisbane and Point Lookout. Huge timber Douglas fir beams were salvaged from a cordial factory in Lismore one can see through to the garden from one end of the house to the other. They planted the extensive permaculture garden one month after moving in almost 7 years ago and today, it is full of edible trees and plants. It is a haven for birds and biodiversity, and for Billa and Chief’s daughter Paikea to grow in, to learn about caring for the Earth and for locals to learn about growing their own backyard organic food, through Billas permaculture workshops.

Pulan Pulan

Stop 16 - 19

Tracey Gee

iam: a Ceramicist

I am a ceramicist. I love the feeling of the clay in my hands as the pieces I build take shape, and the magical alchemy of the glazing process - a never ending learning journey! The island landscape and seascape have influenced my whole life and are the inspiration for the functional and sculptural pieces I make. I’m so fortunate to be part of the island arts and pottery group, which has given me the opportunity to rediscover the joy of working with clay.

Pulan Pulan Collective

Amity Community Hall

18 Ballow St, Amity Point

traceygee26@outlook.com

@wilder_isle

Maree McCredie

iam: a Ceramicist

I am a ceramicist and on most days when at home you’ll find me at the wheel, throwing cups, mugs, bowls and dishes, or handbuilding with a variety of clays. I enjoy incorporating delicately beautiful Japanese underglaze transfers or experimenting with different glaze colours and techniques. I have been at the wheel for over 30 years, love to create functional pottery wares and jewellery and never tire of the mystery and uniqueness of glaze combinations which produce intriguing results. I’ve lived at Amity Point (Pulan Pulan) for most of my life and as an avid bushwalker, hiker and photographer, I endeavour to recreate the colours of seascapes, bushscapes and coastlines in my glazing process.

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Pulan Pulan Collective - Amity Community Hall - 18 Ballow St, Amity Point

maree.mccredie@bigpond.com

Kathy Townsand

iam: a Gyotaku Artisan

I am a marine scientist in real life, working on big issues such as the human impact on the ocean environment and the conservation of marine species. I practice the art of Gyotaku, which takes an exact impression of a fish or other marine creature I have had the pleasure to learn more about. It is particularly important to me that no animals were caught specifically to make this art. Instead, each animal was either caught for food or was printed after their use from a scientific study. I consider that each print is a small commemoration to an animal who has provided the ultimate sacrifice.

Vicky Tutticci iam: an Artist

I took up painting as a hobby 20 years ago in my retirement and I feel that I am on an exciting journey with my art. I have dabbled with pastels, water colours, acrylics and inks as well as working in ceramics and mosaics. However, my preferred medium for painting is oil paints, which provide more depth, colour and richness. I enjoy painting landscapes and seascapes - mostly realism, some impressionism - but am interested in painting any subject that appeals to me. Presently, I live at Point Lookout and have been coming to Straddie since the ‘60’s. About 10 years ago I enrolled in a painting course with Steve Liesegang a local Straddie artist who tutored me occasionally and recently I have been involved in a Plein air workshop on Straddie with Brisbane artist, Todd Whisson. Daily, the beauty of this island never ceases to amaze me and give me joy. It is this beauty which I strive to capture in the hope that my paintings will give joy to others.

Pulan Pulan Collective - Amity Community Hall - 18 Ballow St, Amity Point

ktownse1@usc.edu.au

@science_loves_art

Pulan Pulan Collective - Amity Community Hall - 18 Ballow St, Amity Point

tutticci@gmail.com

Amity Point Community Club

iam: a Gallery & Club

The Amity Club Historical Photography Display room is open daily throughout the Straddie Arts Trail at the Amity Point Community Club on Claytons Road Don’t miss this fascinating display of more than 800 historic pictures of Amity and it’s surrounds. Featuring historical photos of island life, fishing, transport, logging, beach netting and the Amity foreshore dating back to the 1800’s. Plan a great day in Amity, visit the exhibition and enjoy the clubs local seafood just like the locals do!

Jo Fay Duncan

iam: a Visual Artist

A visual artist, my multimedia works on paper of driftwood and feathers are inspired by the people, place and spirit of the land. Of Scottish and Danish descent, I have been living on Quandamooka Country, since 2000. SOUL LODGE is my studio and place of work at Pulan Pulan (Amity Point)

Soul Lodge 33 Gonzales St, Amity Point

jofayduncan@icloud.com

jofayduncan.com

@jofayduncan

Claytons Rd, Amity Point

amitypointcommunityclub.com.au

@amitypointcc

@amitypointcommunityclub

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Paula Boo

iam: a Fibre Artist & Musician

Paula Boo, Minjerribah Island songbird, weaves her acoustic soul through her music and her art. She shares stories from her French Canadian, Lebanese and Norwegian songlines to create a universal and uplifting voice that connects with the ancestors, the oceans, and the land in a celebration of culture.

As a Fibre Artist, Paula uses a variety of traditional and innovative techniques, styles, and materials, mainly working with natural fibres such as banana, palm inflorescence and sheaths, Lomandra spp., hemp, raffia and various weedy vines, and sometimes she incorporates rope and other found materials. She is currently exploring the fusion of metal works, ceramics and cyanotype with natural fibres.

Paula continues to explore and learn weaving and basketry techniques from traditional and contemporary weavers, whom she acknowledges as powerful women and men, always with respect for their ancient art forms. It is about sharing her knowledge with others whilst learning new techniques that will enable contemporary expressions of weaving as a vital art form.

Tamara Armstrong

iam: a Professional Artist

I am a professional artist specialising in bold, vibrant paintings of tropical foliage and colourful women of substance. My current series of acrylic on canvas and linen paintings were created and inspired by a recent residency at Minjerribah. My originals also hung at Island Arts Gallery in Goompi (Dunwich) from 2020-2022, finding many homes on the island. I am a permanent resident of Tamborine Mountain in the Gold Coast hinterland and my home studio takes in lush valley and ocean views across to the sand dunes of North Stradbroke Island. I am an award winning artist and my work is highly collectible, hanging internationally in private collections as well as across commercial spaces here in Australia. Paula

hello@paulaboo.com

instagram.com/paulaboostudio

facebook.com/paulaboostudio

Tamara Armstrong Visual Artist

Paula Boo Studios - 13 Midjimberry Road, Point Lookout

Boo Studios - 13 Midjimberry Road, Point Lookout

Zoë Maskell

iam: an Embroidery Artist

I’m an embroidery artist who works with thrifted clothes, and things that need mending. I have a big love for native flora and fauna, and let my values in conservation guide me to create pieces that are low waste, and help start conversations about our unique Australian wildlife.

My work is comfortable, earthy and bright. I love diving through op shops to find good quality clothes, and embellishing them with bright flits of colour and texture. I especially love to fix things, and believe that you should always be able to identify the species by the art.

Donna Wright

iam: a Professional Artist

I have been a professional artist and art educator for over thirty years, exhibiting nationally and internationally. My current practice seeks to capture the sensitivities of momentary impressions within the natural world. I combine painting mediums, pure pigments, inks, raw earth, ceramics, wood, stone, shell and other found natural forms to produce unique aesthetic expressions. I have working studios based in Venus Bay, Victoria, on Bunurong Country; and Minjerribah, Queensland, on the lands and waters of Quandamooka.

@wildlife_threads

Paula Boo Studios - 13 Midjimberry Road, Point Lookout

Paula Boo Studios - 13 Midjimberry Road, Point Lookout

Marie Kennedy Cole

iam: a Visual Artist

I was raised on Straddie and have a deep love of its beauty. Our first home at Point Lookout was a fibro cottage overlooking Main Beach, it was beautiful watching the storms come up from the South and I love painting stormy seascapes.

I have been painting for more than fifty years and will paint anything that inspires me, it might be the wild life of Straddie or florals and of course the ocean.

I paint with oils and one of the things I love about art is the learning process, each painting has its own challenges and joy in its creation.

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Jasper Coleman

iam: a Ceramicist

I am an early career artist and arts worker living with my family at Pulan/ Amity Point. I have a background in arts administration, facilitation and support. My professional career has involved cultural heritage conservation, archiving/ digitisation projects and supporting First Nations communities in Central Australia through the peak art centre body Desart. I draw inspiration from the incredible natural environment and vibrant arts community on Minjerribah/Stradbroke Island, and I’m excited to be developing new skills in ceramics and participating in the artist trail.

Mulumba Collective - 116 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout

myoramarie@gmail.com

@Straddieartist

Mulumba Collective - 116 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout

coleman.jasper@gmail.com

Meredith Coyle

iam: a Lamp Designer

I make pretty fab lamps. I hand-make the shades and meticulously pair them with their unique base. Many of the bases are upcycled from retro soda syphons, selected pieces driftwood and mangrove, wood carvings, or other pieces that catch my eye. I have a huge range of fabrics to make the shades, but will also custom make shades to order.

Pulan Pulan Collective & Mulumba Collective

cascoyle@tpg.com.au

ladywiththelamp.com.au

@ladywiththelampshades

@ladywiththelampshades

Lisa Iselin

iam: an Artist

I hand paint texiles , tablecloths, beach/ garden umbrellas, and much more. I love colour and believe in the therapeutic value of having colour in our lives. I paint from the nature around me. My work is energetic and playful.

Julie Elliott

iam: an Artisan Soap Maker

I love making soap and am inspired by nature, using only natural colours, pure essential oils, Australian olive oil, coconut, avocado and other vegetable oils. It’s so satisfying to mix and swirl the different ingredients and I’m amazed at the colours that emerge when using mineral clays and plant extracts, creating something unique every time. I have been making cold process soap for two decades now, after years of admiring and buying handmade soaps - and it is still a labour of love.

I’m also committed to minimising our impact on the earth and keep packaging to a minimum, using sustainable materials that enhance the natural beauty of a handmade soap. It continues to be my mission to make a soap that is as environmentally friendly as possible and to keep product prices to a minimum so that they can be enjoyed by everyone.

Mulumba Collective

116 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout

lisajiselin@gmail.com

@Sundog_design

Mulumba Collective - 116 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout

Julie Sisco iam: a Photographer

I create images of Minjerribah’s charming seascapes, breathtaking landscapes and everything in between - reflecting the beauty and uniqueness of the island, inspiring the viewer to take a step back and re-connect with the natural wonders around us. My images are all printed as art, home décor and souvenirs – mementos of your island experience.

Pulan Pulan Collective & Mulumba Collective

juliesisco.com

@juliesisco

@juliesiscophotography

Sharon Walker

iam: Ceramicist

Using slabs of clay reflecting our island landscape, I love to create textured serving platters, creating unique patterns using found natural tools such as seed pods, sticks, stones and shells from our island.

Jess Scott iam: a Textile Artist

Starfish Studio has evolved over the last decade on North Stradbroke Island and is the work of long term resident and artist Jess Scott. Jess has created an ever evolving collection of textile designs and artwork from which she creates a wide range of luxury homewares.

Her artwork transpires from pen + ink drawings of her beachcombing finds, natural environment and Island creatures. The work is then adapted to suit the print technique and fabric choices of her product.

The Starfish Studio range is proudly AUSTRALIAN MADE by Jess and her team!

Starfish Studio - 63 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout

jess@starfishstudio.com.au

starfishstudio.com.au

@starfishstudio

@starfishstudio

Mulumba Collective

116 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout

shazmagaz07@gmail.com

@shazmagaz01

Koo Ballard

iam: a Watercolour Artist

I am a watercolour artist and I paint miniature seascapes inspired by the beautiful skies and ocean here on my Island home. I only discovered the wonder of watercolour when I was in lockdown on my own in 2020. It was a pure twist of fate, and it has changed my life. Now I paint a new seascape everyday! I turn these paintings into cards, and each and every card is an original painting. They are a gift within a gift and I get such a thrill when people tell me where the cards are being sent and to whom. This journey is evolving and I feel I am slowly developing my own unique style with the magic of watercolour.

Starfish

Mulumba

Designs

Nicole Fraser

iam: a Graphic Artist

I try to stop and enjoy this moment, right now. The little things that can so easily pass us by are what I try to capture in my designs - moments, memories, day dreams, feelings.

The graphics I design for Cactus Crew and screen print onto clothing, fabric and card are little reminders to stop, enjoy right now and not take life too seriously. Wear them, hang them on the wall or gift them to a loved one. I still get so excited seeing other people getting around in one of my tees and I know they get it too. I design and screen print everything right here on Straddie.

Through my work as a graphic designer (Duke & Darling) I aim to bring my client’s visions to life through the use of colour, shape, texture, imagery & typography. I have the pleasure of working with some amazing people, including this year’s Straddie Arts Trail team. Helping others achieve their dream or at least get one step closer to it is one of the best feelings.

Monumental Lab Whale

iam:

Public Art by Michael Bullock

Island Child Designs & Friends - 93 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout

cactuscrew.com.au | dukeanddarling.com

@cactuscrewclothing | @dukeanddarling

@cactuscclothing | @dukeanddarling

BEACHFRONT ISLAND RESORT

BOOK DIRECT & SAVE info@anchorageonstraddie.com.au

East Coast Road, Point Lookout (behind the Point Lookout Community Hall)

“I like to draw inspiration from natures raw beauty to bring a luxurious yet natural feel to my designs ”

GEORGIA KELLY

Anchorage resort is on home beach. Fall asleep to the sound of waves lapping on the beach and wake to the sun rising over the ocean. Anchorage has all you need for a casual beach holiday.

Helena Cameron iam: a Silversmith

Helena has had a deep connection with Minjerribah since birth when her grandparents built their fibro shack at Point Lookout in the early 1950s. Wandering the island bushland and beaches freely for many years has been hugely inspirational, and is evident in Helena’s silversmithing creativity. She moved here permanently seven years ago and today at Silver Gull Designs, she makes pieces influenced by island life and loves to incorporate found and recycled objects.

26 Bigoon Rd, Point Lookout

dottyhillvintage@gmail.com

Self Contained Apartments Competitive Rates

Pool & Tennis Court

Natural bushland/wildlife surrounds Home Beach is across the road Short walk to shops, clubs & pub

Penny Gillespie iam: a Silversmith

I am a contemporary jeweller and silversmith working from my workshop Curly Red Dog Studio. I create individually handcrafted pieces inspired by the world around me. My pieces are influenced by the ever-changing colours, textures, light and sounds of the place where I live. In my work I draw on bird and marine life, land formations and plants, the ebb and flow of the tides and the marks left upon the environment through the natural processes of interaction between the water and the land.

I work mainly with silver, enamel and copper and also incorporate other materials that resonate with the pieces I make. I like to pick up interesting bits and pieces from the beaches whilst out walking my dog and often the shapes and forms of tiny things I pick up influence the designs on my bench. I enjoy playing with different techniques and learning new approaches to contemporary jewellery design to incorporate these into my work.

penny@curlyreddog.com

curlyreddog.com

@pennycurlyreddog

WOOD WICK SOY WAX CANDLES @scent.society.co

CRAFTED WITH LOVE ON MINJERRIBAH

U 2/9 Billa St, Point Lookout

Mandy Roe

iam:

a Ceramicist

Mandy’s birthplace Taiwan holds the world’s largest collections of traditional Chinese art and cultural pieces, saved from the destructive communist cultural revolution.

There are over 15,000 official temples in Taiwan, holding works depicting gods, folk heroes, animals, nature, and the beauty of Earth.

Visiting temples as a child awakened her cultural and artistic ancestral threads though master artworks communicating the era, people, places, and circumstance.

When practicing ceramics, though an Australian interpretation, she reflects on her encounters with the masterful beauty of Chinese art works.

Her current works embody the confluence of the ecological state of the Earth and the artisanal spirits of her ancestors; culminating in a journey of observation, expression, learning and self-discovery.

Her works have been selected as finalists for several awards and are exhibited in national and local galleries and private collections.

Alan McKinnon

iam: a Painter

I am a self-taught artist of over 40 years’ experience who has resided on Minjerribah for 47 years. Painting mainly with acrylics on canvas, my realist style captures local landscape, seascape, stilllife and other subjects.

62 Mooloomba Road, Point Lookout

alanmckinnonart@gmail.com

Linen Caravan

DESLEIGH SPECHT - CERAMICS | SHARON WALKER - CERAMICS

STEVE BARWELL - ARTIST | TRACY LENNON - ARTIST

125 Tramican Street Point Lookout

ceramics@mandyroe.com.au

mandyroe.com.au

@mandyroeceramic

Mandy Roe Ceramics

Mulumba

The Shed

A beautiful selection of gifts & homewares, featuring the works of local artists

PETA SPENCE - CRAFT & CROCHET | MARTY SMITH - PHOTOGRAPHER

Bernadette Mollison

iam: a Painter

I feel privileged to walk and spend time within the incredible beauty of Quandamooka Country. The spirit I sense in the ever-changing skies, shoreline, bushland and waters inspires me to capture this in my work. I wish to share my experience of this special place with you.

The works being exhibited during the trail are drawn from the rockpools and cliffs of the shoreline. These ancient rock forms weathered by the wind and sea, with their deep pools offering gifts of hidden shells, are places of contemplation, celebration and play.

I work predominantly in watercolour and pencil on arches paper. Recently I have returned to working on wood, layering the existing grain with watercolour, oils and drawing mediums.

Amber Vicum

iam: a Jewellery Maker

Amber has spent over 20 years honing her craft as a jeweller of seeds, shells and precious stones and continues to evolve her work from the natural materials she collects from the island and around Australia.

Amber is a long-time local resident and regular local marketeer at the Point Lookout Markets. Having grown up in North-East Victoria on the Ovens River, she has always had a strong connection to nature and feels completely at home in the Australian bush. First arriving on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) in 2000 whilst on a trip travelling around Australia in her van, Amber came for a week and ended up staying on and calling the island her home. Amber is passionate about developing unique designs using a variety of seeds and gemstones. Some of the seeds Amber uses in her jewellery creations grow on Straddie and others come with the ocean’s currents and are washed up on onto the beach.

The Bench & Easel - 15A Waller Court, Point Lookout

The Blue Room

iam: a Gallery & Cafe

We have your mornings covered with excellent coffees, toasties, rolls, muesli and smoothies. Our friendly staff have all the local beach and walking track info to get your day off to a great start. Sit in the warming sun on our deck and check out the dolphin and whale action.

Open Thursday to Monday 7.00am to 2.00pm

Closed Tuesday and Wednesday

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Jennie Truman

iam: an Artist

I am an island artist using paint and pencil to create images of my visual and sensual relationship with my island surroundings. The ever changing seascapes, rocky headlands, dunal grasses and windswept sands and inland creeks and bay mudflats are my inspirations. I use these landscapes to map the changing seasons and the birds and animals which migrate through it.

Situated above Frenchmans Beach Mintee Street, Point Lookout

0400 866 615

@intotheblueisland

Living within the seasons on the island has always been the background of how and when I paint. Following the light and shade on the water, the cloud formations and the animal movements are really the keystones to what I see in my art, expressing the changes in colours and texture with acrylic paint in the summer and then working in pencil and ink for finer detailed work of mapping the rocks, shells and fish on paper in the winter.

The Blue Room - 27 Mooloomba Road, Point Lookout

cloudfishpointlookout@gmail.com

@jennietrumanart

Cloud Fish Gallery

iam: a Gallery

A small space full of local paintings and ceramics, cool cotton clothes, island shell jewellery, silver and gold jewellery, beach home decor and puzzles and books for relaxing holiday afternoons.

Open Wed to Mon 9.30am to 4.30pm

Closed Tuesday

31 Sandy Okalyi

iam: a Painter

Situated beside the iconic Oceanic Gelati & Coffee Bar

0400 866 615

cloudfishpointlookout@gmail.com

@cloudfishgallery

Having lived on the island for many years and though no longer there I am still drawn to its shores from my studio now in West End. I haven’t stopped exhibiting on the island since I left, however I feel very grateful to be part of this considering I am no longer a resident!! Shore birds are what I decided to work on for this Artist Trail, I wanted to hear their calls, feel some of the warmth from the sun on their backs and pull colour from the ocean and surrounding vegetation as I paint in my concrete bunker!

sandyokalyi@gmail.com

sandraokalyiart.com

@sandraokalyiart

Mulumba

Cloud Fish Gallery - 19 Mooloomba Road, Point Lookout

Fiona Pyke

iam:

a Surf Photographer

My name is Fiona and I am a surf/ocean art photographer. I love the challenge of creating and experimenting with my two favourite loves, the ocean and photography. I have also recently published a book called She Surfs with a Smile which is a collaboration comprising tales and photography of the women’s surf culture on the island.

Point Lookout Markets iam: Community Markets

For 40 years the Point Lookout Markets have showcased our Island’s art, craft, food, fashion and locally made products. They are a much valued part of the community creating a vibrant and energetic place for locals and visitors alike. When the markets are running be sure to check them out. Find products and treasures you wont find elsewhere. Bring the family down from 8am - 12pm for a morning market experience.

Cloud Fish Gallery - 19 Mooloomba Road, Point Lookout

@straddiesurfpicsbyfionapyke

@straddiesurfpicsbyfionapyke

Eugarie

iam: Public Art by Delvene Cockatoo-Collins

Point Lookout Bowls Club

75 Dickson Way, Point Lookout

@pointlookoutmarkets

@pointlookoutmarkets

Whale Watch

ESCAPE TO PARADISE

Half Page ($250)

Spacious, beautifully appointed, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartments overlooking main beach await! Watch whales from your balcony from June to November, and enjoy all that straddie has to offer year round. Perfect for groups, families, couples, and solo travellers.

Mooloomba Road, Point Lookout

The Headland

iam: a Wild Place

The magnificent headland at Point Lookout is Queensland’s most easterly point and the main topographic feature of Point Lookout. It is composed of high rhyolitic cliffs that jut into the ocean, forming a wild and rugged landscape of steep sided narrow gorges, rock shelves and rocky inlets, the two main ones being North and South Gorge. The 1.2km walking track that follows the top of the cliffs from above Frenchmans Beach is immensely popular and considered a very significant place by locals and visitors. The track winds around North Gorge where far below waves crash onto rocks and further to the east, are panoramic views of the ocean and Whale Rock with its blowhole. Toward the end of the walk, the south gorge, Main Beach and Eighteen Mile Swamp can be seen stretching away to Jumpinpin at the southern end of island. A must do - see abundant wildlife including birds, wallabies and kangaroos, whales, dolphins, turtles, manta rays and more.

Discover Stradbroke is pleased and proud to partner with the Straddie Arts Trail for the next year. The organisers have a long term vision for the trail and we all see it as being a permanent year round offering in the coming years. Our supremely talented island artists provide residents and visitors with a unique window into our diverse community.

“Art” encompasses so many of the activities that island locals embrace to express ourselves be it music, painting, pottery, photography, graphics, weaving, jewellery making, cooking and the list goes on and on. Straddie “artists” originate from all corners of the island community and as such they are a glue that binds us together.

Holidays on the island have always been, and will always be, about family, and it is the ‘unpretentiousness’ that appeals and is most certainly the reason people visit again and again. Developing and supporting our artistic community will strengthen our community in the most sustainable way.

We look forward to seeing you out and about in August as we shine a light on everything that is wonderful about Straddie!

3/23 Mooloomba Road, Point Lookout 07 3415 3949

bookings@discoverstradbroke.com.au

accommodationstradbroke.com.au

Mulumba

Gorge Walk, Mulumba, Point Lookout

“Art transcends cultural boundaries and acts as a strong binding force that unites people no matter where they are from,” says Indian artist Surabhi Gaikwad.

Acknowledgment of Country

We acknowledge the Goenpul [Goren-pul], Ngugi [Noog-ee] and Noonuccal [Noo–knuckle] First Nations Peoples of the Quandamooka Region, the Traditional Owners of this land. We pay our respects to Elders past, present & future.