ARONE MEEKS | 'Singing Up' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 560 mm Daniel Beeron They form the backdrop and

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

Shirley died in 2022 in Melbourne

The new way we talk

(Father) Wik Alkan

You don’t see them way out

ARONE MEEKS | 'Singing Up' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper: 760 x 560 mm Daniel Beeron They form the backdrop andNFAt 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.