LOIS HAYES | 'Neckpiece 1 - Rainforest Floor Secrets' | Oxidized sterling silver / recycled builder’s wood / paint / lacquer Viking a brawny beefcake sculptor with

a brawny beefcake sculptor with fire in his belly and hate in his heart

My Dad was born on the edge of Kabararrji south of Bentinck Island

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Artwork story: An Island warrior ready for battle

I only came back in 2008 so that I could be with my family and live back on Bentinck Island

LOIS HAYES | 'Neckpiece 1 - Rainforest Floor Secrets' | Oxidized sterling silver / recycled builder’s wood / paint / lacquer Viking a brawny beefcake sculptor withRainforest Floor Secrets: "The tropical rainforest floor is a most fascinating place for a contemporary conceptual artist designer and horticulturist. The constant cycle of life, death and decay the Earths life force. Layers of random organic patterns reconfigure chaotically, yet rhythmically all in a busy symbiotic dance. On close inspection, there can be found amongst the leaves, mossy rocks and tree roots, brightly coloured curiosities like fungi,