Happy New Year! Gelam in Silhouette.

Happy New Year!


What a year it has been. In January we moved from Brisbane City to Mer Island in the Torres Strait, which is certainly the craziest, scariest and most incredible thing I’ve ever done. I've been adopted by a Meriam family and now have two cultures, three languages and countless siblings, uncles, aunties and grandparents, which is a pretty big change for an only child from a small family. We've had the most incredible year on Mer and have had the opportunity to do so many things that very few people will get to do. I'm eternally grateful to all of the incredible Meriam people that have welcomed us to their island and educated us along the way, genuinely some of the most lovely and inspiring people I have ever met. I would also like to thank all of our family and friends on the mainland for your support throughout the year. We miss you like crazy and couldn't have done this without your constant support.

The following series of photographs entitled "Gelam in Silhouette" were taken on Mer Island and are composed of Mer Island's most sacred landmark. The story of Gelam is ancient and extremely important to the Island of Mer. The titles of these photographs are quotes from different conversations I have had with elders about Gelam. please follow this link to watch Elimo Tapim tell this wonderful story.

G1 "Where the small hut is"

G2 "I can see them from here, but only at night"

G3 "That's the nostril, a cave with unknown treasures"

G4 "It's level for building, they rebuild every night"

G5 "Never go up at night and keep your lights on"

G6 "Just be careful up there"

If you are interested in purchasing any of these prints please follow this link to the Life in Fine Art Etsy store, or contact me directly at the email below.

Happy New Year people! Bring on 2014.



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Fine Art prints by Lee Wilkes on Etsy!

Merry Christmas : )

I've just finished uploading a group of new prints onto the Life in Fine Art Etsy store! I have a beautiful 24 x 16 inch print of "The Frang" (second image down), which arrived this week and looks absolutely amazing! Loving the Epson Premium Lustre papers at the moment. 

I also have two 100 x 50cm canvas prints that came in yesterday. I will have them up asap so keep an eye out.

Merry Christmas all, enjoy your holidays and see you in the new year!

Life in Fine Art Etsy store

Eye studies

I've recently been studying the human face and how certain artists represent features. Today I examined Ben Quilty's paintings and attempted to imitate his technique, specifically concered with the eyes. Quilty uses very bold strokes, often using painting knives among other tools to create his works. I found the technique very interesting and concluded that less is more in this case, probably why Quilty leaves so much blank canvas!

Life In Fine Art

Firstly I would like to welcome you all to my new blog!

What is Life In Fine Art all about? Well, it's a blog about art that fascinates me, local artists who inspire and excite me and my own artistic endeavours including the ups and down of my crazy, remote island life. I live in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia on an extremely remote island, which is both incredibly beautiful and scarily wild at the same.

I hope you all enjoy what is to come and please feel free to contact me about any of my works of art and upcoming exhibitions.

Thank you.

Lee Wilkes.

Artist: Lee Wilkes

Title: Gelam 1

Media: Photograph