Arone Meeks is a Kuku Midigi man who grew up in Far North Queensland. He is a founding member of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative:
I believe that art is a language for interpreting who you are and I can't find any other satisfaction than painting. I have a natural need to interpret what I feel and see.
Meeks is wary of using the designs of others so instead explores the bush and his dreams to create his own language of symbols.
Excerpt from Boomalli: Five Koori Artists, 1988 – Film Australia Collection.
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