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 and Mulumba. We hope this booklet featuring our trail maps, studio locations, and information about our participating artists will help you plan and get the most from your day.
OPEN DAILY 10am - 4pm
For further info please visit us online:
@iam_straddie
Straddie Arts Trail
We sincerely thank and acknowledge the generous support from our sponsors and their ongoing support.
Our mapping was produced by Graphis in 2022. We are grateful for their generous contribution to ongoing trails.
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.
iam: a pop up gallery
Welcome to Country
An initiative to showcase emerging and established First Nations Artists, Makers and Culture by sharing knowledge, ideas, and wellbeing through multimedia and storytelling.
Our MMEIC Elders invite you for morning tea, a bush tucker lunch and a yarn each day of the 2024 Straddie Arts Trail.
The MMEIC team lead with warm encouragement by shining a light on the importance of listening, appreciating, and understanding our individual and collective voice.
Stop 1 introduces island visitors to our island culture, values, stories, heritage, fears, and ambitions.
‘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.
I love to print on Fabric - tea towels, tote bags, cushion covers, t-shirts… anything! I also enjoy running workshops teaching fabric printing and lino carving to small groups and schools.
I descend from the Nunukul, Ngugi & Goenpul people of Quandamooka. I have had the privilege of growing up on Country - Minjerribah and this is where I draw inspiration. Quandamooka people have cared, protected and lived at one with our Country since time began. I aim to bring beautiful Bush and Sea Country onto fabric and into homes for all to enjoy and appreciate. 2
iam: an abstract painter
From early childhood creating art has accompanied me on my journey in life. Time in nature brings a sense of wellbeing to me, and as I step into my studio each day I enter my personal playground. A place for taking risks, letting go of attachments, and trying out new things which is all part of the joy of creating. My spirit laughs out loud at the freedom of breaking the rules and drawing outside the lines. I’m not sure who is in charge, me or my art. My process is intuitive, free and joyful. And presently Abstract! The materials I choose lead the way. My interest in travel influences my work, sometimes out loud, sometimes in the quiet whispers of memory.
I’m a potter and have been working with clay for about 7 years since moving to Straddie. I love working on the wheel making large functional pieces for everyday use, and enjoy throwing pieces loosely before altering them by hand to produce an informal, imperfect effect. My style evolves continually and I aim to keep each piece unique with as much life as possible that can be used and enjoyed on a daily basis.
Danny Horsford (operating as Currawong Fibre Arts), has been cultivating his skills in craft and the arts from a young age. Originally a classical musician, Danny shifted his creative focus after reconnecting with his Maori heritage through traditional weaving. Coming from a long line of weavers, Danny whakapapas to the Iwi’s Ngati Porou and Ngati Whatua. Danny enjoys blending his traditional weaving with other forms of weaving, creating a contemporary style. His focus has been on sustainable, eco-friendly, and wasteless weaving, foraging and growing the material to weave with.
Goompi Collective - 6 Ballow Rd, Dunwich
Paula Boo Studios - Point Lookout
@currawong.fibre.arts
Michelle Inns
iam: a small batch ceramist
I fell in love with pottery after moving to the island eight years ago and joining our community pottery group. I have worked with both wheel thrown and handbuilt ceramics however my greatest love is creating beautiful and functional pieces that have been embellished using the technique of sgraffito to carve imaginative patterns or creatures that I observe in nature.
Goompi Collective - 6 Ballow Rd, Dunwich
michelleinns@hotmail.com @emjayi_ceramics 2
Robin Inns
iam: watercolour artist
16 and passionate about art and design! Hoping to cultivate and grow my personal style and technical skill.
Karen writes the Dr Hamish Hart Murder Mystery Series. There are four books currently released in the series with each set in a fascinating part of South East Queensland in the 1880’s. The first, an Indie best seller: Murder at the Dunwich Asylum is set right here on Straddie.
My art is a homage to the ocean’s influence, a force that has shaped my perspective and creativity. Growing up in Goompi (Dunwich), North Stradbroke Island, I was constantly enveloped by the ocean’s embrace. Its ever-changing moods and colours are echoed in my use of clay and watercolours. The fluidity of water and the earthiness of clay allow me to capture the essence of the sea and its surrounding nature. Each piece is a reflection of the ocean’s timeless beauty, aiming to evoke a sense of joy and wonder that only the sea can inspire.
As a marine scientist, my art, “Island Gyotaku,” merges my passion for ocean conservation with the ancient Gyotaku technique. Inspired by Japanese fishermen and European scientists, I create unique impressions of marine species on shoji paper. Collaborating with local fishermen and researchers, each print is a record of a species, date, and location. Importantly, no life is taken solely for art; each fish is either caught for food or printed post-study. My art commemorates each marine life, underscoring the importance of sustainable practices.
Goompi Collective - 6 Ballow Rd, Dunwich
Starfish Studio - Point Lookout
Paula Boo Studios - Point Lookout
etsy.com/au/shop/IslandFishPrinting
@science_loves_art
Kimberley Townsend
iam: visual artist
Kimberley Townsend is an artist who beautifully combines her love for nature with her unique “cute spooky” style. Her diverse range of mediums (from digital to fabric) and her deep connection with her environment makes her work truly distinctive.
Growing up in Goompi, North Stradbroke Island, Kimberley’s work is deeply influenced by her surroundings. The natural beauty of the island and its diverse ecosystems provide a rich source of inspiration for her art.
I’m a fibre artist weaving both practical and sculptural pieces from the heart. Each piece is made from foraged or natural fibres and inspired by the island’s diverse, natural beauty.
I love bringing together natural textures and colours and adopt a variety of weaving styles. I also have a passion for experimenting with dyes and stains made from natural pigments of plant materials to add that extra little ‘something’ to my work.
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.
Through my art practice, I look to the past (both historically and traditionally) to enrich a strong Quandamooka cultural continuity and to share knowledge with fellow creatives. As an artist and community member, I seek to draw in an audience who can grasp and comprehend the nuances of visual stories to strengthen culture and preserve knowledge from time past and into the present. This is paramount in my approach so that meaning and spirituality hold a significance that is mutually established and maintained, instead of just being only visual.
Salt Water Murris Quandamooka
3 Ballow Rd, Dunwich
@ sandra_delaney_artist
Shara Delaney
iam: a visual artist
I am a traditional custodian of Minjerribah and have bloodlines connections to the mainland and other areas of Queensland. I approach my art from the cultural concept of nguru - a spiritual connectedness that aligns with - the act of, or the art, of painting and drawing.
My paintings are a narrative of what presented in my memories and experiences in my own contemporary style. My colourful paintings relate scenes from childhood memories and stories and they look at community life and traditions. 3
Salt Water Murris Quandamooka
3 Ballow Rd, Dunwich
@sharadelaneyart
iam: by Josh Walker
Crn. Ballow Rd & Rous St, Dunwich
Delvene Cockatoo-Collins
iam: artist & designer
Delvene Cockatoo-Collins is a First Nations artist and designer who lives and works on Quandamooka country. Original artworks, ceramics, sculptures and homewares are handprinted in Delvene’s Dunwich studio on North Stradbroke Island. A Quandamooka woman, a creative storyteller, a proudly independent artist. EVENT
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7 Stradbroke Place, Dunwich
Works by Ian Quiller Orchardson
NSI Museum on Minjerribah
iam: free admission to Alick Tipoti & Ngali Dullan exhibitions
The NSIMM will have free admission during the Arts Trail. All visitors to NSIMM will be able to see the Alick Tipoti exhibition and all the other museum collections and exhibitions.
This includes the new permanent Ngali Dullan exhibition which aims to create an immersive atmosphere on entry to the Museum and give visitors a sense and understanding of Quandamooka people and country since time immemorial.
Visit the museum shop for our unique collection of books and merchandise with a Minjerribah theme. Including our own jams and marmalades. There will be opportunity to make a donation.
15-17 Welsby St, Dunwich stradbrokemuseum.com.au
Alick Tipoti Exhibition
Ngali Dullan Exhibition
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.
44 Mitchell Cres, Dunwich
Phillip & Theresa Bowman
iam: beekeepers
The Bowman Family have been Stradbroke Island’s beekeepers since 1978. Our honey is harvested using organic principles and changes every harvest with the flora of the island. Our organic honey and beeswax is used in creating products that are environmentally friendly and safe for sensitive skin. Join us for a workshop. Book to secure your spot.
• The fundamentals of beekeeping
• Rolled beeswax candles
• Re-batch soap making
18-20 Finnegan St, Dunwich
bowmanfamilyhoney.com.au
BowmanFamilyHoneyStradbrokeOrganicHoney
Julie Sisco
iam: a photographer
Hello, I’m Julie, a photographic artist with a dedication to eternalizing tiny fragments of time, colour, light and shadow, aiming to transform them into timeless pieces that serve to offer solace, inspiration, rejuvenation and a moment of reflection in our fast-paced world. Whether it’s delicate or bold, powerful or serene, introspective or reflective, each piece echoes my sincere intention to capture the intricate tapestry of the subject and its elements, unraveling the stories woven within, using the camera as an artistic tool. I’m truly grateful for the collectors who have embraced my art, as their support allows me to continue the journey to create and share my work.
As part of National Science Week 2024, Straddie Brewing Co partnered with 6 local artists to highlight threatened species in our backyard, Moreton Bay.
Moreton Bay is a globally significant seascape with outstanding natural assets. Over 1,000 native animal species, many threatened, live in the region or rely on its diverse habitats during migration. Living on the doorstep of one of Australia’s fastest-growing population centres, many of these species face numerous threats and need our help.
The brewery’s Special Release Hazy Pale Ale features beautiful original artworks from six different local artists, each representing one of the threatened species.
Customers can scan the QR codes on the cans to learn more about each species, in addition to the work being done to better understand some of Moreton Bay’s most vulnerable species, the pressures on their survival, and what must be done to protect them.
Straddie Brewing Co will donate $10 from each carton sold to help protect Moreton Bay’s biodiversity via important conservation research. The original artworks will be on display, amongst the brewery tanks, for the duration of the Arts Trail. Free entry.
Images - Left to right, top to bottom Oyster Reefs by Tania Budd | White’s Seahorse by Jarad Danby Eastern Curlew by Tamara Armstrong | Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark by Zoe Wolfe
Copepods by Gabriel D’Hage-Craig | Grey Mangrove by Jess Scott
My art is an expression of my emotions, and when I am feeling happy and at peace with my life, I seem to do my best work.
I love to paint my surroundings where my home is here on Quandamooka country. The animals and landscapes draw me in to the never-ending beauty and culture experienced when living on country.
I am blessed to be able to practice, share and pass on what I love and enjoy. My work expresses the joy and colour of living on country.
Live mural & fence art - Jack Lane, Dunwich
SOUL LODGE - 33 Gonzales St, Amity Point @mala_mcconnell_art
Cath Carroll
iam: a ceramicist
Cath returns this year opening her studio to visitors. Friday she invites island residents and visitors to create their own “little landscape” tumbler for pickup Sunday. Cath’s work reflects her travels and the unique colours, patterns and textures of the ever changing landscapes she explores. Cath designs commercial interior experiences both nationally and internationally and over time has introduced more of her ceramics into projects. “The versatility, strength and beauty of ceramic has captured my attention for decades. My dream project would be a space nearly 100% ceramic, walls, floors, ceiling, furniture, and accessories. One day…”
Curious Island - 122 Rainbow Cres, Dunwich Cloudfish - 27 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout curiousisland.com.au @curious_island
NSI Golf Club
iam: hosting the Minjerribah Photography Awards
Nestled into its beautiful bushland setting, east of Dunwich, you find The North Stradbroke Island Golf Club. Over many decades the Club has been developed and lovingly cared for by its volunteers, earning it several award nominations as one of the best small country golf courses in Australia.
The competition’s Open Section prize honours Minjerribah elders and North Stradbroke Island Golf Club founding members, the late Aunty Margaret and Uncle Pat Iselin. Aunty Margaret was the first golfer to score a hole in one on the 12th Hole, just after the course opened. Margaret Iselin was a long-standing chairwoman of the Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-in-Council and she and her husband Pat were instrumental in opening people’s hearts and eyes to the depth of Aboriginal knowledge and culture in the Island community.
The course, which is home to an abundance of wildlife including Eastern Grey kangaroos, swamp wallabies, stone curlews and glossy-black cockatoos, is in full bloom with native flowers come late winter/early spring — and it is those FLOWERS which this year form the theme for the photography competition.
Alfred Martin Way, North Stradbroke Island northstradbrokeislandgolfclub.com.au northstradbrokeislandgolfclub
Natalie Mazzoni
iam: a clinical aromatherapist
I’m a clinical aromatherapist who is intuitively guided, supporting individuals with our soulfully charged aromatherapy products, designed to nurture you & your family, to explore how scents can enhance your perception and emotional connections.
For those who seek a deeper understanding of how essential oils benefits the individual to support their health and well-being, Nat can personally suggest/craft an aromatherapy solution for you.
Our formulas are Toxin-Free, Cruelty-Free, Vegan, Chemical-Free & Eco-Friendly!
1B Flinders Ave, Dunwich aromabydesign.com.au Aroma By Design
Tumbler
BALLOW STREET
GONZALES STREET SOVEREIGN ROAD MILLERS
CLAYTONS ROAD
CLAYTONS ROAD
WALLUM CREEK
CABARITA
Deb Baas
iam: a visual artist
I am an artist, a drawer, a painter and a creator of clay, sculptural and functional. I take inspiration from my surroundings and nature particularly where I live at Amity (Pulan).
I am interested in creating beauty out of the ugliness of the controversial fishing line problem washing up and entangling amongst the fallen trees on our beautiful beaches and the bigger issues of turtles drowning in it and incorporating it in my work. I also sculpt, draw, shape and colour my work by inspiration from the raw and rough side of nature when creating hand built functional ware. My work is by feel, heart and integrity.
32 Gonzales Street, Amity Point deborahbaas.12@gmail.com
Jo Fay Duncan
iam:
a visual artist
Long time island resident and artist, Jo Fay Duncan, is curator of the group exhibition simply entitled “Motherhood Is…”. A very personal story is told by each artist involved in the exhibition at Soul Lodge, Amity Point, during this year’s Straddie Arts Trail. It recognises the role art can play in celebrating the joys and healing the sorrows of being a mother, daughter, aunt, grandmother and granddaughter.
Arts, health and healing workshops plus panel discussions will also take place at Soul Lodge. Exhibition opening and opportunity to meet the artists 9.30am Saturday 31.
Images - bottom right - by Mala McConnell
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SOUL LODGE - 33 Gonzales St, Amity Point jofayduncan.com jofayduncan
Emelie Palm
iam: a visial artist
Inspired by playfulness my art is filled with colour and humour. Mixing reality with imagination; my canvas’s intent is to make you feel happy and amused. The whimsical settings are combined with contrasting patterns and colours that create eye catching pieces. I paint with acrylics on canvas as well as digital art and will be offering both originals and prints.
Lightkeepers Cottage 5 Millers Lane, Amity Point empalstudio.com @empalstudio
Lorraine Walker
iam: a painter
My art is inspired by the beauty of our island. I paint purely for the enjoyment it gives me.
Lightkeepers Cottage
5 Millers Lane, Amity Point lorrainewalker947@gmail.com
The escape that rejuvenates us
Enjoy easy trips to Straddie with our regular ferries.
Choose the fast passenger ferry for more time at the beach, or take the vehicle ferry and savour the journey.
Mulumba
Sue Gray
iam: a mosaic artist
Sue suffered a major stroke just over 10 years ago, after spending nearly 6 months in hospital and committing to extensive rehab, Sue decided to focus on her passion for creativity and learnt the art of mosaics. Over the last 10 years Sue has honed her skills and overcome her disabilities to become a competent mosaic artist. As an over 20 yr Straddie property owner and regular visitor to the island, Sue has decided to launch her mosaic brand “a stroke of luck mosaics” at this year’s Straddie Arts Trail.
113 Dickson Way, Point Lookout suegray20@outlook.com stroke.of.luck.mosaics
Alan McKinnon
iam: a painter
I am a self-taught artist of 44 years’ experience who has resided on Minjerribah for 51 years. Painting mainly with acrylics on canvas, my realist style captures local landscape, seascape, still-life and other subjects.
Anchorage on Straddie Resort
112 Dickson Way, Point Lookout alanmckinnonart@gmail.com
Bullock
COFFEE & COOL STUFF
Live Mural With Jarad Danby
Wendy Bailye
iam: a feltmaker & textile artist
My work revolves around a lifelong love affair with natural fibres and textiles. My main medium is handmade felt but I utilise a range of mixed media techniques including, printmaking, mark making, and stitch.
My work has strong nature references. I am particularly inspired by the textures and patterns that surround us on the island. I am a professional artist and teach and tutor worldwide. I adore creating and helping others to get in touch with their innate creativity
“The more interesting the work the more disreputable it is.
Defaming reality is the best way of achieving grandeur of delusion.
The kind of art capable of affecting any of this can be summed up in one word: huh?!”
- Steve Barwell
3 sentences from: LOOSE CANON HAND LUGGAGE.
Mulumba Collective
75 Dickson Way, Point Lookout @artbarwell
Meredith Coyle
iam: a lamp designer
My lamps are created from my love of textiles that I have gathered from across the globeikats, indigo, barkcloth, ecodyes, European linens or just plain funky. My joy comes from teaming these with amazing bases. These bases may be created from driftwood from the island, converted pots or candleholders, reclaimed timber or upcycled pieces that take my eye. I work in collaboration with my partner, Dan Cassidy, the base maker.
I also make lamps to order, using fabrics of your choice.
Mulumba Collective
75 Dickson Way, Point Lookout cascoyle@tpg.com.au @ladywiththelampshades
Elinor Drake
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Tracey Gee
iam: a ceramic artist
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of clay. The pieces emerging from these raw source materials and the alchemy of glazing and firing combine in a never ending learning journey of shapes, textures and hues!
The flora, fauna and colours of the island and Coral Sea in all the seasons inspire every day. Continuing to learn in ceramic arts with my husband Bernie and our island friends, the adventure continues.
Mulumba Collective
75 Dickson Way, Point Lookout traceygee26@outlook.com @wilder_isle
Dianna Greer
iam: a painter & resin artist
As an artist I have worked with many mediums over the years (dress design, ceramics, clay sculptures, tapestry) and am currently enjoying painting and resin art.
Mulumba Collective
75 Dickson Way, Point Lookout straddieartbydianna@gmail.com art.bydianna
Jennifer Hillhouse
iam: a potter & photographer
Jennifer enjoys making functional work to be enjoyed in people’s homes. She likes to consider the harmony of each piece she makes. A combination of design and balance between form, weight, character & story is key to figuring out how to create a form that “sings”. Inspired by her childhood and years spent at Straddie, her work resonates seaside walks and she uses pumice, sand and shells in her clay bodies collected on beaches of Minjerribah. She has lately become absorbed in wood firing her work in kilns around Australia using found materials from the Island.
Mulumba Collective
75 Dickson Way, Point Lookout jenniferhillhouse.com @jennifer.hillhouse
Maree McCredie
iam: a ceramicist
Most days you’ll find me at the wheel, throwing cups, mugs, bowls & dishes, or handbuilding with a variety of clays. I enjoy incorporating Japanese underglaze transfers or experimenting with different glaze colours & techniques. I have been at the wheel for over 30 years and love to create functional pottery wares & jewellery. I never tire of the mystery & uniqueness of glaze combinations which produce intriguing results. I’ve lived at Amity Point (Pulan) for most of my life & as an avid bushwalker, hiker & photographer, I endeavour to recreate the colours of seascapes, bushscapes & coastlines in my glazing process.
Donna Mifsud, Designs Wonderfully Made, works with recycled, limited edition prints & hand printed textiles. It is her love of Vintage Fabrics that she is most passionate about which she uses to create beautiful items for life and home.
Donna is well known for her unique, one of a kind cushions, table runners and smaller useful items she makes from her vintage scraps.
Mulumba Collective
75 Dickson Way, Point Lookout mifsud.donna91@gmail.com @designs.wonderfully.made designs.wonderfully.madeDWM
Amanda Richardson
iam: a clothing and accessory maker
I am inspired by the beauty and simplicity of island life when creating garments in my island studio. I sew with natural fibre textiles in colourful prints of flora, wildlife and landscapes that surround me.
Mulumba Collective
75 Dickson Way, Point Lookout @islandchild.designs Island Child Designs
Breakfast & Lunch
6.30 am - 2.00 pm
OPEN 7 DAYS 43 DICKSON WAY, POINT LOOKOUT
Craig Clarey
iam: a chainsaw carver, woodworker & jeweller
Craig is a chainsaw carver, woodworker and jeweller. He works from his home in Amity beginning his artistic journey in 2022. Utilising Minjerribah’s natural beauty, he is able to source various types of timber for his incredible chainsaw carvings and unique and wondrous walking staffs and walking sticks. Assorted shell and bone are patiently fashioned into amazing pieces of jewellery and intricate sculpture. Craig is passionate about his creations which ultimately gives him immense joy in presenting a completed piece to its new owner.
The Islander Holiday Resort 41 Eastcoast Rd, Point Lookout
craigandrewclarey62@hotmail.com
WORKSHOP
Weaving Harakeke Kono
Kay Cooke
iam: an embroiderer
My mother taught me to embroider when I was in primary school. I think it was a way to make me sit still, yet keep me busy. I have improved my skills over the years by attending workshops, learning many different forms of embroidery including Cross stitch, Wool, Stumpwork, Crewel, Elizabethan, Ribbon, Goldwork and Brazilian. I have entered pieces into the Royal Brisbane Show for a number of years and in 2022 won Grand Champion in the Fine Arts and Craft section. All of the pieces that will be presented at the Arts Trail are original pieces I have had fun designing. I also have a number of self-designed mosaic glass pieces I will take delight in displaying.
The Islander Holiday Resort
41 Eastcoast Rd, Point Lookout cookensi@bigpond.net.au
Lee Harding
iam: a visual artist
I am an artist with a love of nature, particularly the beach, sea and surrounds. So captivated by the sky with its amazing array of colours and shapely, colourful clouds that change moment to moment. Straddie has all of these features in bucket loads – so uplifting and inspiring! I have been visiting since highschool in the 1980’s, and love that Straddie reminds me of where I used to live in PNG. I mostly paint using acrylics and some watercolours but also enjoy drawing. My style ranges from realistic to abstract in style - using a variety of surfaces like canvas, papers and card.
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lee.enkera@hotmail.com
Julie Elliott
iam: an artisan Soap Maker
Julie has been making small batch cold process soap and natural skincare for over 2 decades. Inspired by the natural beauty of the Island, from the bush to the ocean, she is committed to minimising our impact on the earth. Products are made with natural vegetable oils and pure essential oils and packaging made from either recycled or recyclable materials. Julie continually experiments with fresh pouring techniques to craft distinctive and detailed designs in handmade soaps, and she will unveil a new collection at this year’s arts trail!
EVENT WORKSHOP
Sun Printing: Explore the Cyanotype
Renata Buziak
iam: a biochrome artist
Raymond Moult-Spiers
Renata is a biochrome artist, researcher, and educator, working at the intersection of art & science with a focus on plant life. Her experimental biochrome art merges her passions for nature and photography, enhancing well-being and connection with nature. Her PhD research (Queensland College of Art, Griffith University), explored Minjerriba’s healing plants with the Quandamooka community. Recently, she focused on Gondwanan plants during her art residency at Binna Burra. Renata’s art has been showcased nationally and internationally, received awards, featured on ABC TV Gardening Australia, and is held in public and private collections.
The Beach Hotel Stradbroke Island 158 East Coast Road, Point Lookout renatabuziak.com @renatabuziak
Mandy Chen
iam: a ceramicist
Mandy Chen, a third culture kid from Taiwan now in Australia, blends cultural elements and life experiences into her art. Transitioning from Taiwan to Australia in her teens, she found solace and passion in art and interior design. Immersed in the Quandamooka community on Minjerribah, Mandy was influenced by their respect for nature, which she expresses through ceramics. Her art highlights ecological fragility and honors her ancestors, reflecting a journey of observation, expression, and self-discovery. Mandy invites viewers to explore the cultural and environmental narratives in her work, seamlessly blending past and present, East and West.
The Beach Hotel Stradbroke Island
158 East Coast Road, Point Lookout mandyroe.com.au @mandyroeceramic
Anita Ong
iam: an underwater cinematographer and wildlife photographer
Growing up on a farm in New Zealand I have always had a fascination with nature and animals. I want to showcase their beauty and vulnerability. I pull inspiration into my love for ceramic art. I enjoy capturing high contrast, texture, and movement in my work.
The Beach Hotel Stradbroke Island
158 East Coast Road, Point Lookout anitaongmedia.com.au @anitaongmedia
Thai Ong
iam: colourblind artist
I paint landscapes, flora and fauna using palette knives. My love for painting started when I was nine in a small fishing village in Penang island. I started at the wet market using oil paints and crude instruments like wire and pieces of metal as palette knives.
Despite being colourblind, I was awarded a U.S Art scholarship at 14 but chose to stay to support my family. I became a working artist for the Canterbury Society of Arts when I migrated to New Zealand in 1976.
I paint with acrylics and enjoy plein-air painting.
The Beach Hotel Stradbroke Island
158 East Coast Road, Point Lookout
Colourblind Artist
Penny Gillespie
iam: a jeweller & metalsmith
I am a contemporary jeweller and metalsmith. I create individually handcrafted pieces influenced by this beautiful island.
Colours, textures, light and sound, plants, animals and birds, ebb and flow of tide, marks left on the environment, the feel of sand and wind. Images drawn from these emerge in my designs.
I work mainly with silver, enamel and copper. I collect pieces from the beaches and the shapes and forms of these tiny things influence the designs on my bench. I enjoy playing with different techniques and learning new approaches to contemporary jewellery and metalsmithing.
2/9 Billa Street, Point Lookout curlyreddog.com @pennycurlyreddog
Peta Spence
iam: a crochet artist
As a long term resident of Straddie, most people will recognise Peta from the Point Lookout Markets where she has been selling her wonderful handmade creations for many years. Amongst a colourful array of crocheted blankets, patchwork quilts and exquisite teddy bears, you will always find some jars of pickles, relish, and the ever popular pumpkin jam.
Linen Caravan - 1 Galeen St, Point Lookout spencepeta5@gmail.com
Marty Smith
iam: a photographer
This work presents images of two worlds, North Stradbroke Island, Australia and The Isle of Skye, Scotland. Although they are very different environments, located on opposite sides of the globe, these two locations exhibit a raw and emotive natural beauty that displays wild and understated qualities.
Linen Caravan - 1 Galeen St, Point Lookout martysmithphotography.com
Amber Vicum
iam: a jewellery maker and visual artist
I have spent my whole life honing my crafts as a jeweller and visual artist of seeds, shells, precious stones, beach plastic and recycled treasures.
I am passionate about creating beauty, from nature’s already beautiful gifts that I find all around me. I simply put them all together and this brings me so much joy. Being in nature and creating is my happy place.
WORKSHOP
Recycled Beach Plastic Mosaic Art
26 Timbin Rd, Point Lookout Seed Tree
Bernadette Mollison
iam: a visual artist
I am pursuing my passion for creating art which reflects and encourages contemplation of the ever-changing, cyclical and interconnected nature of Minjerribah /Terrangerri /North Stradbroke Island’s unique environment.
My watercolour and mixed media works aim to capture a sense of the incredible beauty and spirit I feel within the island’s flora and fauna, its land and seascapes.
The Bench & Easel - 15A Waller Ct, Point Lookout bernandrubysislandart
Bella Powell
iam: a visual artist
Minjerribah has inspired and infused my art, with its mesmerising scenery and beautiful colours, each season bringing new sights and experiences. These are evident in my whimsical art with its vibrant colours, and abstract placement of objects. Whilst I watch Minjerribah change I am reminded that every piece of artwork captures one individual moment, which is filled to the brim with emotions, and experienced differently by each individual.
The main mediums I use are acrylic paint on canvas, but I have come to express myself with other material as well, including timber and recycled objects.
The Bench & Easel - 15A Waller Court braineggy@gmail.com
WORKSHOP
‘Ways of Seeing’ Watercolour Workshop
Helynne Springis
iam: ceramic artist
WORKSHOP
My keen interest in pottery started 2 years ago. A journey which I have been under the watchful eye of Liz Ranger-Craven, from Craven Art. Being a sprightly 77 year old retired trained nurse, I have put my extra hours of attention and detail into pottery. My artistic flair has stemmed and grown from art and fashion, paper making, stained glass and designer pattern making. All these creative elements fuse together and I love discovering new textiles and evolving my pottery with attention and curiosity.
My impressive interpretations of marine creatures with my clay work is exciting and unfolding, which makes me extremely proud.
7 Waller Court, Point Lookout springis@bigpond.com.au
The Handfelted Seashell Bag
Koo Ballard
iam: a watercolour artist
I am a watercolour artist, painting original seascapes inspired by this beautiful island, which I turn into unique greeting cards. My love of watercolour started in 2020, and I am thrilled with the journey I am on, developing my style and now doing larger paintings. I never knew I had this potential within myself, it has been the most wonderful gift!
Starfish Studio - 63 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout kooballard@gmail.com @kooscards
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 a growing 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 starfishstudio.com.au @starfishstudio
“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.
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!
I have been a maker for as long as I can remember and painting is my passion. Nature and colour provide the greatest amount of inspiration and I hope that my artwork uplifts viewers and provides collectors with a lifetime of joy. Walking through the streets of greenery around my home on Tamborine Mountain, and along the beautiful beaches of Minjerribahallows me to gather ideas for colour palettes that I then keep as records in my visual journals. I love bringing them to life on canvas. Each work is a timecapsule or portal to escape to when viewing.
Paula Boo Studios
13 Midjimberry Rd, Point Lookout contact@tamaraarmstrong.com @tamara_armstrong_art tamara_armstrong_art
Paula Boo
iam: a fibre artist
Paula Boo, Minjerribah/Terrangee Island songbird, weaves her acoustic soul through her music and her art. As a Fibre Artist, Paula uses a variety of traditional and innovative techniques, styles, and materials to create her unique pieces. Paula continues to explore and learn from traditional and contemporary weavers, whom she acknowledges as powerful women and men, always with respect for their ancient art forms.
Paula is inspired by her life’s journey, the beauty and intricacy of the natural environment, community, and her Mothers who have come before her. Born in Canada, Paula has called the Island her home for 32 years.
Paula Boo Studios 13 Midjimberry Rd, Point Lookout paulaboo.com @paulaboostudio
Jennie Truman
iam: an visual 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. 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.
Cloudfish - 27 Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout
@jennietrumanart
Reef Goodbun
iam: a t-shirt designer & clay artist
Reef is an 11 year Point Lookout local who has a T-shirt brand called, “six fish”, where his drawings are showcased. Reef uses sharpies followed by digital software to create his shirts locally.
Reef is also an emerging clay artist, creating raw fired clay masks and unique face profiles, making interesting and individual hanging pieces.
Dolphin Property Sales
1 Mintee St, Point Lookout
@Six_Fish_Industries
Digging up the Past
Marie Kennedy
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.
Dolphin Property Sales
1 Mintee St, Point Lookout
@straddieartist
Eugarie
iam: by Delvene Cockatoo-Collins
Mooloomba Rd, Point Lookout
The Headland
iam: Quandamooka Truth Embassy
The Point Lookout Headland is a sacred place. Since 2017, local Quandamooka Elders and community have been trying to stop the proposed development of a whale centre which would display whale bones on the headland at Point Lookout.
In February 2021, in the spirit of the Aboriginal Embassy (an ongoing political action started in Canberra in 1972), the Quandamooka Truth Embassy was established as a last resort to preserve the cultural heritage of North Stradbroke Island’s Point Lookout and prevent the incoming infrastructure of a whale mall that would house the bones of one of the largest whales to wash up naturally on Stradbroke shores. Visit and gain understanding to the cultural significance of The Headland and why our community wish for this sacred area to be protected.
Gorge Walk, Mulumba Headland, Point Lookout quandamookatruthembassy.com QuandamookaTruthEmbassy freeyalingbila
