ARONE MEEKS | 'Blue I' | c.2019 | Monoprint | Paper: 800 x 605 mm valentines day 2022 Tarred and feathered

Tarred and feathered

A printmaker

Jane Dennis is a skilled printmaker who lives and works in Cooktown

Far North Queensland artist Nina Lavarini Dawson takes inspiration from the natural environment – utilising native tropical plants to transform paper and textiles through an eco dye method

The stars featured in the work represent my 6 siblings and myself

ARONE MEEKS | 'Blue I' | c.2019 | Monoprint | Paper: 800 x 605 mm valentines day 2022 Tarred and featheredAt 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.