Mugi the Owl. Ed. 8 of 20

This work was influenced by my childhood.
As a child I grew up knowing the mythical, Dreamtime stories of my people from my Grandmother’s sister.
The Owl “Mugi” is one of these. Mugi is a messenger that takes the form of an Owl. Mugi’s principle role is to warn children that there are Spirits around, and to be aware. Mugi is neither benevolent nor malevolent. Mugi may appear at night on your path. It commands great respect for the Owl is just there to warn the child. Mugi has no a gender; there is no doing good or evil, Mugi is just the messenger fulfilling that role. As children, we were warned not to touch the physical remains of the Owl. If you touch its feathers or any part of Mugi, you will immediately be tainted in the same way that a slow poison gradually contaminates a body. As a child we were told never to harm the messengers.

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Artist Statement
Bruce Borey
Bruce is an Indigenous Australian Artist, born and raised on North Stradbroke Island "Minjerribah". After a number of years running culturally appropriate programs for the Indigenous communities, Bruce decided to follow his passion for art and in 2007 enrolled at Griffith University Queensland College of Art. Whilst at Griffith university, Bruce studied painting, print making and jewellery making and design. He was commissioned by the University to make set of cuff links for a guest speaker and in his final year at the University, he won an award for one of his 3D prints which was exhibited on the gold Coast . Since graduationg in 2010 with a Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, Bruce has been selling his Art to private collectors nationally and internationally. The last exhibition Bruce was involved in was in september 2019. this was a private Exhibition for a legal firm, Norton Rose Fulbright and their clients, where bruce and other Indigenous Artists were invited to show case their Artwork.