In the late 80's, Carol Capilija and Eric Imeson met in the Glass Studios of Sydney where they were both assisting productions in exchange for furnace time. As glass blowing is a two person dance they teamed up. Carol had done a Fine Arts Degree majoring in glass, and Eric had been involved in the developement of studio glassblowing in N.Z. since its conception in the early 70's. The early 90's saw Carol travelling overseas gaining experience in the States and Eric building furnaces and teaching glassblowing for a Sydney Arts College until teaming up again to raise finances to build a studio of their own. The site of this Studio would ultimately be an environmental and lifestyle choise. When they travelled to the Atherton Tablelands during a seven-year stint in industrial glass production on the Goldcoast, they found the climate suited to the long days working in front of the high temperature furnaces and surroundings inspirational to the styles of work they wished to produce. Three years more of construction and relocation and the studios were up and running, producing work reflecting the colors and forms of the far North Queensland, from reef to the bush and the greens between.

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The artworks of Linda Lorywood are an exploration of feeling, atmosphere, the immensity of nature in its many guises and our relationship to it. Linda studied at the S.A. College of the Arts and Education and has a Degree in Design majoring in Sculpture. She also studied under renowned Artist Tony Purves. Extensive travel and work in Furniture Design, Portrait and Mural Painting, Interior Design, Cast Marble Production and Ceramics has helped establish Linda as a recognized Australian Artist. Linda lives in Port Douglas where she exhibits at and directs the 'Candlenut Gallery'. Her artworks are found in collections world wide.

Holly Saunders is a wildlife artist who paints her distinctive tropical landscapes from her studio in The Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary in Port Douglas. Her work features the wildlife of the rainforest including white lipped tree frogs, kingfishers and possums. Holly studied art at the prestigious Julian Ashton School in Sydney, and also studied painting under artist Tony Purves. She sets her creatures against the setting of the rainforest and the Far Northern coastline. Holly gained renown for her depiction of frogs and her original paintings appear in collections as far afield as Florida, London, New York and Japan.

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During 1987 Tania moved to the Far North of Queensland which she feels was an experience which helped her to "really see color for the first time" and her use of brilliant color is undeniably one of the most well known features of her work. Tanis Heben's oils depict "Local impressions" from North Queensland where she now lives. Her works contrast vivid local scenes of people still influenced by the colonial settlement period of the 1800's with the lush tropical vegetation of the Australian Rainforest and Jungle. Tania's paintings have been described as "Gauguinesque" with a strong influence of both Gauguin and Matisse in her work. "I love the drama and the colors of Queensland and the local people fascinate me as they are so much a combination of the old and new. By way of record, I want to capture the architecture of the old Queensland style buildings before the disappear", Tania explains. Tania's paintings are included in the private collections of many well known identities, and she has also exhibited in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

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