ARONE MEEKS | 'Mangrove Place' | 2009 | Coloured etching from shaped zinc plates | Paper: 1200 x 800 mm cowerie Much like a flash of

Much like a flash of sunset or a reflection in a lake

Catalogue: 7816-C-AW-0812

Exhibited in the Akin exhibition on the Jim Traynor Feature Wall June - July 2018

They are like small tornadoes and are very dangerous if you are caught out in a boat or on the beach

"My Mum was born at Minikuri on the west side of Bentinck Island

ARONE MEEKS | 'Mangrove Place' | 2009 | Coloured etching from shaped zinc plates | Paper: 1200 x 800 mm cowerie Much like a flash ofIn Mangroves we continue the journey of the wet season as the rains flush out the creeks and rivers to create a rich alluvium that washes into the mangroves and then the sea. The mangroves are vitally important to many infant growing species that live there; as this is the rich nursery nurturing and protecting vast forms of sea life, until each creature is able to fend for itself. Aboriginal people have always relied on the mangroves as a food source.