"I've got six sisters and three brothers, I'm the fourth. When growing up I moved around a lot, up to Weipa back down to Mornington Island, back up again. I grew up with hunting, fishing, sitting down learning from old men. That's how we learn when we are young. I loved school definitely, learning different things but not maths, I got a lot out of English. As I started growing up, I played ruby league, we all planned a strong side over here, rugby league is the main one for us. I finished off in grade nine, started work in grade ten, up in Weipa, I worked as a plumber and labourer for a year then came home. I worked here as a carpenter then a plane operator. I continued my apprenticeship for three more years.

In art, I've found an interest, I mucked around at home, trying to make a painting. When I had finished it, my cousins said you should see Brett at the art centre. Then I really got into it and got to where I am now.

I've got my own young family, two boys and my girl. My painting, is to show how I express my culture, my identity. I put it in a way for everyone to understand my place, my community. Painting's opened my eyes to my own family, to my grandfathers, it's giving me a chance to explore. That's what it means to me, bringing me back to my culture. I express myself through my painting, that's who I am."

Bradley Wilson