Toby Cedar "Le Op" Arnhem Land providing protection against recognition by

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The body-paint designs and symbols vary from ceremony to ceremony

142 x 133 cms Permaplastic acrylic paints on canvas

His paintings have a traditional meaning which is not always immediately discernible

She has studied Visual communications and worked in Interior Design all enriching her artmaking practice

Toby Cedar "Le Op" Arnhem Land providing protection against recognition byAfter spending over a decade in NSW, Toby and his wife made the decision to make the move to North Queensland not only so he could progress with his artwork and business but so that their children could learn more about their language and culture and be with more of their Torres Strait families. Toby worked out of his workshop creating his art and also doing wide format sublimation printing, where he spent the next five years but has since moved back