ARONE MEEKS | 'Singing Up' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 560 mm Daniel Beeron first he rolled up the

first he rolled up the Dugong River

which is no longer devoured today

rain in the distance

They form the backdrop and setting for her children’s books to preserve and record the intangible heritage of this area

IRENE BOWYER | ‘Rainbow Serpent Bangle' | Hand-painted wood

ARONE MEEKS | 'Singing Up' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 560 mm Daniel Beeron first he rolled up theNFAt 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.