The Wompoo Dove

The first time I saw the Wompoo Dove, it was there for a moment, and then it vanished, and then I spotted it again. The flash of colour in the rainforest was a shock among the total green and when the birds passed through the rays of sunlight that entered the forest I would see this flash of colour. I found the yellow, green, grey and purple feathers the Wompoo dove had dropped, however it’s the memory of the flash of colour from the birds that I remember most. The flash of colours as it travels up and down through the trees.

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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.