ARONE MEEKS | 'Return of the big wet II' | 2007 | Screenprint | Paper: 755 x 560 mm Shield Kayib ina kedha koedhikadhan bubu

Kayib ina kedha koedhikadhan bubu lumayk a ariw thonaral dhadhiya

the boat SS Donna sailed back and forth to Saibai Island for the last trip to Muttee Heads

and illustrated in tribal designs and motifs

and we sold works at the Kuranda Markets

you gotta respect this part of land because we believe they are here

ARONE MEEKS | 'Return of the big wet II' | 2007 | Screenprint | Paper: 755 x 560 mm Shield Kayib ina kedha koedhikadhan bubuAt 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. 1800