ARONE MEEKS | 'Minuiti' | 2011 | Etching | Brown ink | Matrix: 325 x 165 x mm First Nations Ngaw mina koey uubi kedha

Ngaw mina koey uubi kedha ngaykiya ngaw geth away thubudh walayzinga

Stomping Ground

Title Belonging: Stories from Far North Queensland Authors Indigenous Art Centre Alliance

Etching printed in black from one plate

It is based on the spiritual acknowledgment of the dugong and the relationship we have as traditional people of the Maluyligal nation

ARONE MEEKS | 'Minuiti' | 2011 | Etching | Brown ink | Matrix: 325 x 165 x mm First Nations Ngaw mina koey uubi kedhaAt 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. 6