PAUL BONG | 'Conspiracy of Skeleton Creek (Red)' | 2026 | Hand coloured intaglio etching | H 770 x W 530 mm works on paper reaching as far as the

reaching as far as the stars above and the depths of the sea below

ancestral resilience and continuity

that government took advantage

I had a crazy idea if only I could turn ochres and plant extracts into my own signature inks and it would be significant to me

POLY GONE COWBOY | ‘Astro*Moon T-shirt' | Purple moon / white fabric

PAUL BONG | 'Conspiracy of Skeleton Creek (Red)' | 2026 | Hand coloured intaglio etching | H 770 x W 530 mm works on paper reaching as far as theThe Conspiracy of Skeleton Creek is a meditation on truth, loss and the endurance of memory, and an act of remembrance. The work explores ancestry, the echoes of history and the stories carried by those who remain connected to Country. The work refers to the places known as Skeleton Creek and Skull Pocket in Far North Queensland, places held within Aboriginal family memory as sites of profound suffering and loss; part of a living inheritance connected