ARONE MEEKS | 'Big Wet II' | 2004 | Black ink on paper | Paper: 770 x 570 mm Drawing Debra is new to painting

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

Paper size: 1200mm H x 800mm W

Having identified a sorcerer

meaning great totem

ARONE MEEKS | 'Big Wet II' | 2004 | Black ink on paper | Paper: 770 x 570 mm Drawing Debra is new to paintingAt 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.