ARONE MEEKS | 'Coral Spawning' | 2015 | Acrylic on canvas | Frame: 600 x 500 x 20 mm Jellyfish ‘Flower Tree’ is a grouping

‘Flower Tree’ is a grouping of three mangrove seedling chalice style tree structures symbolising community and regeneration from the tempest

textiles and painting

Image size: 150 x 200mm

They are a good sign but the old people would wave their spears at them to keep them far from the camp

You can see Sweers Island from here

ARONE MEEKS | 'Coral Spawning' | 2015 | Acrylic on canvas | Frame: 600 x 500 x 20 mm Jellyfish ‘Flower Tree’ is a groupingAt 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.