ARONE MEEKS | 'Pipi Midden #6' | 2016 | Synthetic Polymer Paint on CanvasAt 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.

AKIKO HANAZAKI | 'Golden Jade Cup'  | Hand built ceramic | 5

past ancestors and the Dreaming

Totems: Walk (mother stingray)

My paintings aim to hold these fleeting balances: chaos alongside stillness

She’s best known for her large abstract works influenced by Queensland’s unique and distinctive landscape

" Claudine's work is in major public and private collections including the Artbank Australia collection

5 x W 11 cm

I like to tell stories through my art

We begin to form ourselves

After the flood was long gone—at the estuary edge—I noticed a forest of seedlings in the mud my thoughts drifted to the words of Emory Hall 'Let my gardens speak for me when I’m gone’

where we were born

MARGARITA ZORRILLA | 'Untitled 4’ | Watercolour | 20 (H) x 25 (w) cm