My work is drawn from the traditions of weaving, fibreart and sculpture. It is influenced by the natural world where I live and the materials I collect locally.

With each artist statement ( there have been many!) I find something new to say. It is a journey where I am continually searching for an authentic voice. Painting, if you like, from the inside out, rather than the other way around.

The context, themes and processes I use in my art revolve around the use of “negatives and positives”, “fragments that form a whole” and “assumption, interaction and disruption.” I like to make beautiful things that provoke some thought about uncomfortable subjects.

Working from my studio in Port Douglas, Queensland, I create works that are stimulated by both the natural environment as well as the my positive imagination. I think of my works as visual dreams, surreal and concerned with the joy of life.

Linda Jackson AO is a true pioneer and free spirit of Australian Fashion and Textile Art. A 50 year career has taken Linda around Australia on wanderings through the outback of Oz… discovering and documenting the landscape in a myriad of ways, revealing a colourful and unique passion for telling the stories of her travels.

My primary medium being graphite pencil on paper but dabbling in other mediums including acrylic and oil-based paints, coloured pencils, watercolours and many more. Using these I capture true emotions or attempt to make the audience think and have freedom in interpretation.

My artistic practice revolves around Abstract Unstructured Art, where I aim to tap into the depths of my subconscious. By spontaneously creating a profusion of marks and colours, I immerse myself in the fluidity of the world around us.

As a multi-disciplinary artist, I weave my expressions through diverse mediums—chalk pastels, graphite, oil paint, acrylics, photography, and digital art.

Guided by my hands and a deep connection to the earth, I embrace the imperfections and irregularities that arise during the hand-building process.

Rod discovered Port Douglas and fell in love with the Great Barrier Reef and the beauty of the underwater world. Recently Rod has semi-retired and being inspired by a David Hockney exhibition moved into digital art a few years ago. He started painting again and has embraced watercolour, inks and pastels, occasionally using mixed media.

I predominantly use drawing and collage to explore depictions of the human form and natural world. My works mainly explore mangroves, rainforest and the tropical coastline. They highlight the fascinating forms and shadows create by these unique environments.

Travelling and nature motivate and inspire my artwork. I spend a lot of time outdoors in the Daintree National Park and at my studio in Cape Tribulation. Finding purity & layering creates a depth and clarity of colour that best interprets my work’s visual idea.

A local Ceramic Artist whose art works take inspiration from the beautiful Coral Sea and it’s surrounds. Her artworks are usually adorned with coral motifs, hand built using mid-fire white clay body and glazed with a combination of hues to mimic the ever changing colours of the sea and the reef.

Discovering regional Australia, its characters and scenes, quirks and dynamics, is my main motivation to create the images I make. In recent years I have expanded my art practice to include video, projection and digital works.

Victoria’s work is influenced by the simplicity and beauty of everyday objects, celebrating the mundane and banal, the magnificent environment around her, exploring both rural and urban landscapes, as well as the study and expression of the human condition.

My paintings explore the subconscious realm via colourful impasto forms, texture and form. I explore sensuous forms in my painting style, less about realism and more about my feelings. My goal is to see beyond the surface level of life and expand the consciousness of the viewer.

I am a potter based just outside Port Douglas, I make both domestic ware and decorative pieces. My work is inspired by personal family history and themes about the natural environment expressed through glaze application, photographic decals or underglaze design.

My practice seeks to create beauty and bring joy. My home, Port Douglas, insists upon me to be constantly inspired, especially by coastal landscapes.

Diana’s work is found in numerous international collections around the globe. Her vibrant colours demonstrate the rich palette of life in the tropics. At the same time, the relaxed subject matter portrays the laissez-faire lifestyle characteristic of its native populations.

Perrin is an internationally renowned landscape photographer, who draws particular inspiration from the beautiful North Queensland landscape, the small and wonderful world of macro and still life and FNQ’s iconic landscape.

I first came to Port Douglas in the 80’s, and was immediately struck by the intense and magical colours, contrasts and beauty of the place. The relationship between nature and people has led me to attempt in my paintings some story telling, and to capture a moment in time of life here.

Currently living in Port Douglas, I divide my time and work between Port, Adelaide and Paris. My main work practices are figure drawing (charcoal) and painting (oil) also portraits, landscapes and boats.

Working primarily in oil on linen, Sarah’s paintings currently draw on her fascination for the drama in the details of foliage and figures, whether capturing evocative moments of stillness or exploring bold colour interplay.

Anna’s love of nature is paramount to her themes that flow through her linoprints and other creative projects. She aims to share with the viewer, the beauty and wonder of the natural world and its intricacies.

My art tells stories about animals and nature and female strength – animals for me are everything and I would wish, if I had one wish, that humanity had more respect for our fellow creatures and Mother Earth – the world, after all, is merely a reflection of our inner self.

From a long career as professional artist, I have learnt to stand back further from the work I am creating; become less attached to the outcome and more convinced about the process where the main magic occurs.

Above all other artists in the region no one has captured Port Douglas and the Far Norths essence like Tania Heben. Cane farm landscapes, the Sunday markets, mangoes and iconic Queenslanders are just some of her subjects.

I’ve been painting landscape for about fifty years, as a child I was lucky to have a family aircraft where I could lie in the Perspex nose and watch the world below transform into the abstract patterns of the Pilbara, Kimberley and Eastern Goldfields.

Awena’s work is more than photography, it’s an invitation to see the world differently. Whether through vast landscapes or intricate details often overlooked, she seeks to reveal the beauty that exists all around us, if only we pause to notice.

Starting with impressionism through to abstract expressionism, both figurative and landscape, and finally settling on his own style of abstracted landscapes, which often include birdlife. Initially an oil painter, Rainer now prefers a mix of acrylic, pastel and crayon.