BILLY MISSI | 'Mekai au Nisal' (Almond Leaves) Lithograph Edition:11/25 Image size: 176 x 122mm

Image size: 176 x 122mm

adept at catching the freshwater rock cods or Ngangguyju (which is the Yidiny name for this fish) which were plentiful and made good eating

whilst the shovelnose shark swims on the left

These are the markings that run across my chest

Using raw materials such as antique glass

BILLY MISSI | 'Mekai au Nisal' (Almond Leaves) Lithograph Edition:11/25 Image size: 176 x 122mmBilly Missi, 1970 2012, was a Maluilgal man from Mabuiag Island in the Torres Strait. Billy is known as one of the leading printmakers of this region, having exhibited widely and achieved both national and international acclaim. He comes from a respected family of art practitioners and choreographers, from the tribes of Wagedagam, Geomu and Panai in Malu Lilgal (Western Torres Strait). Almond Leaves "Mekai means almond, almond leaves, and almond