ARONE MEEKS | 'Return of the big wet II' | 2007 | Screenprint | Paper: 755 x 560 mm Shield and illustrated in tribal designs

and illustrated in tribal designs and motifs

The skills obtained during this time allowed Lachlan to transition from a sixteen-year career as a detective to that of a working artist

More than just a straightforward catalogue

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

Country/origin: Dulkawaine- Bentinck Island

ARONE MEEKS | 'Return of the big wet II' | 2007 | Screenprint | Paper: 755 x 560 mm Shield and illustrated in tribal designsAt 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