Megan Forward is an artist, author, illustrator, and writer who weaves together creativity, story, and sustainability with a deep appreciation for the interconnected wonders of the natural world. Working from her Manly, Queensland studio on Quandamooka Country, Megan creates picture books, paintings, assemblage sculptures, fine art prints, and greeting cards inspired by her surroundings. 

We Savour disrespected “waste”, returning nutrients to the soil.

Our delightful Biofertiliser ferments fish frames, cane toads and food waste to develop beneficial microbes for healthier soil and to make nutrients immediately plant available.

Ali is an 11-year-old Straddie girl who enjoys going to the beach and collecting treasures for her artwork.  Her natural surroundings inspire her drawings and paintings of fauna and flora.  Ali and her brother (Mason) help each other to create miniature, wooden surfboards.  Ali has fun drawing the designs on the surfboards.

Mason is a 12-year-old Straddie boy who enjoys working with wood. Mason is always searching for pieces with interesting shapes or textures whether it’s on the beach, in the bush or salvaged from old furniture.  Each piece of wood has its own charm! Mason spends lots of his time carving, building, sanding and hand polishing his creations. 

I’ve lived on Straddie for 10 years and have enjoyed making art all my life. I am inspired by all the beautiful people I meet and like to use bright colour in my work. People have always been my favourite subject matter and I love to see each person come to life in my artwork.

I paint landscapes and portraits. Images beckon me - they pop out and beg for paint. The phone camera is my constant companion. I scroll my images looking for the one that pops out, sometimes only a fraction of the whole image.

Salt Water Murris’ - Quandamooka Art Gallery is a not-for-profit Aboriginal organisation and is based at Goompi (Dunwich) on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island). Salt Water Murris artists are the storytellers of their people, relating individual and collective memories through their artistic works.

Drawing from my connection to the natural environment, my creative process for textile design begins with the observation of patterns in the world around us—drawing inspiration from the ever-changing canvas of sand and sea, whether it's the sway of leaves in the trees or the intricate textures of coral reefs.

I am a photographic artist with a dedication to eternalizing tiny fragments of time, colour, light and shadow, aiming to transform them into timeless pieces that serve to offer solace, inspiration, rejuvenation and a moment of reflection in our fast-paced world.

Photography is therapeutic for me and this is evident in the finished artwork produced capturing a combination of my response to the landscape and my emotional state at the moment when i create the artwork. These two influences are intrinsically linked.

Visit Straddie Brewing to view their pop up exhibition ‘Brewing for Biodiversity’ featuring works by 6 local artist that highlight 6 endangered species in Moreton Bay. The brewery also has 3 large scale art pieces permanently on display.

Karen writes the Dr Hamish Hart Murder Mystery Series. There are four books currently released in the series with each set in a fascinating part of South East Queensland in the 1880’s.

As an artist, I am perpetually captivated by the vastness of the ocean and the intricate beauty of the natural world. My childhood in Goompie (Dunwich), Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), was enveloped by the serene whispers of the sea and the untamed elegance of the land.

As a marine scientist, my art, "Island Gyotaku," merges my passion for ocean conservation with the ancient Gyotaku technique. Inspired by Japanese fishermen and European scientists, I create unique impressions of marine species on shoji paper.

I am an island artist using paint and pencil to create images of my visual and sensual relationship with my island surroundings.

I have spent my whole life honing my crafts as a jeweller and visual artist of seeds, shells, precious stones, beach plastic and recycled treasures.

'Meraki' - a Greek word meaning to do something with soul, creativity or love; to put something of yourself in your work.

I'm a fibre artist weaving both practical and sculptural pieces from the heart.