Sandra Steffensen: The Trees

Art print from The Trees: Learning Tree Knowledge with Uncle Kuu (2023), a picture book about caring for Country and respect for Indigenous knowledge, by Sandra Steffensen. This title is shortlisted in the Wilderness Society's 2024 Karajia and Environment Awards for Children's Literature. 

• Size: 32cm W x 30cm H (approx.) including white border
• Printed on Hahnemühle Bamboo fine art paper
• Unframed

Sandra Steffensen grew up in the small tropical rainforest village of Kuranda, and her maternal grandmother is from the Tagalaka people from the Gulf Country, North Queensland. She teaches Visual Arts specialising in the practice of ceramics. Sandra uses the sgraffito technique to adorn her functional pieces with intricate illustrations of the local landscapes and the wildlife inhabiting them to remind us of the beauty and the role they play in this world.

Proceeds of the sale of this print support the Wilderness Society's work to protect nature across Australia.

This art print is on show from 3 to 30 October in the free exhibition: 30 Years of Nature Book Illustration (Melbourne; various locations). It can be seen in The Wheeler Centre main room. Learn more