ARONE MEEKS | 'Big Wet II' | 2004 | Black ink on paper | Paper: 770 x 570 mm Drawing Saint Paul's Community on Moa

Saint Paul's Community on Moa Island in the Western Island Cluster

The Kingfisher represents water

Artwork story: This work is inspired by one of my uncle’s songs – four boys went to spear fish

“The wood we use for our items are reclaimed and handed to us by local custodians (and traditional owners) from Cape York

Debra is new to painting and printmaking but has embraced them with enthusiasm and an eye for traditional colours and design

ARONE MEEKS | 'Big Wet II' | 2004 | Black ink on paper | Paper: 770 x 570 mm Drawing Saint Paul's Community on MoaAt 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.