ARONE MEEKS | 'Journey Home' | 2011 | Screen print in colour | Paper: 765 x 565 mmAt the heart of the work is Meeks unique visual languagewhere ancestral knowledge systems intersect with contemporary experience. Influenced by the Quinkan rock art traditions of Cape York and the ancestral presence of the Rainbow Serpent, his works evoke a living cosmology of guardianship, movement and renewal. Recurring formswaterholes, woven vessels and flowing systemsspeak to the interconnectedness of people, place and cultural responsibility.

having finished his art studies in 2005 with a Diploma of Art from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Visual Arts Course at the Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE

Aypulumay kedha nidh ay lumayk garpathamayka

Philip creates work that reflects his cultural ties to country

910 x 610mm

5 (h) x 45

A superior and non superior

"One day a rat went down to the sea-side and he could see an island

Working full-time in her studio arts practise since 2013

all the Kangaroos and the others

I worked voluntarily as a guide to some of the Rock Art Sites while living there

HIGH TIDE) | 2020 | Pen and ink on archival paper | 56 (h) x 40 (w) cm

Shirley died in 2022 in Melbourne