GLEN MACKIE | 'Gaynah' | 2024 | Acrylic painting First Nations That was the law

That was the law

Taken from an ongoing series of portraits (currently 320 and counting) which depict artists and friends Euan Macleod and Geoff Dixon’s daily communication on FaceTime

Tribe: Dharrba Warra

combining organic forms

They were skilled and the woven objects were highly sought after by visitors to Yarrabah

GLEN MACKIE | 'Gaynah' | 2024 | Acrylic painting First Nations That was the lawGlen Mackie (Kei Kalak) is from Iama Yam Island, and his totems are the hammerhead shark and the crocodile. His bold minarr, or infill design style, incorporates family totemic designs as well as his own invented repeating patterns. He retells the myths and stories he inherited from older family members, and credits his artist grandfather for teaching him to carve. Mackie fiercely wants to preserve his culture by retelling the stories of his community