Arone Meeks

This work is based on navigation by the stars, the boat being both a symbolic vehicle to travel back to the dreaming in a connection with country, Spirit and place. Contained within this vessel are elements of my childhood – the figure with three dilly bags, a guiding light far left, my mother far right and the three mangrove men figures. These designs like those below the boat in the water are location markers. They talk of the dugong seagrasses, irukandji jelly fish, sea cucumbers and the spawning coral. Other key elements to the work are the different stages of personal growth through my years as a painter and printmaker and my relationship to place.