ARONE MEEKS | 'Rainmaker' | c. 2016 | Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas Gifts under $157 creating space for contemplation and

creating space for contemplation and for sensing not only what is seen

where I continued to paint with friends

He attended school at Yarrabah Primary & Secondary

Blackman speaks to some of the issues at the centre of the Australian Government’s Close the Gap campaign

Their connections and disconnections

ARONE MEEKS | 'Rainmaker' | c. 2016 | Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas Gifts under $157 creating space for contemplation andAt 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.