About the Artwork

This artwork featured the Blue Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) - budyaan - which has decorated its bower with native Blue
Devil (Eryngium ovinum) flowers, while Emperor Gum Moths (Opodiphthera eucalypti) and various colourful butterflies and moths –  budyabudya - fly and play around it.

About the Artist

Tricia “Vandal” Van Der-Kuyp is a proud Wiradjuri woman and Melbourne-based mixed media artist (Bundadhaany).

Her art tends to focus on Australian balugan (animals) and gurawiny (flowers). It is distinctive, bold, energetic and full of imagination, love and whimsy. Her work has been described as ‘a wonderment for the eyes and a spark plug for the mind.