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Wild Flowers

“I love going out bush camping. I’ve been going out to my mothers and fathers country and looking around at all that. The flowers are always blooming up in September. When you’re travelling on Ranger trips from Wiluna over the sand dunes you can see them all looking lovely.”

– Desrea Anderson

This work depicts the remarkably diverse flora found through Martu Country. These plants are not only vital as significant food sources, but also celebrated for their aesthetic splendour. In the context of the often harsh and arid environments in which desert flowers bloom, their vibrancy, delicacy, and variation become even more spectacular. 

Name: Desrae Anderson


Language: Manyjilyjarra



Biography:

"I grew up in Wiluna, lived there as a young woman. Wiluna, Jigalong, Punmu - that's my home. I found my husband there in Jigalong.

I worked at KJ [cultural and ranger organisation, Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa] for six years and then I started painting. I used to paint at the old Martumili. My first painting sold in 2015. I come to the art centre to painnt about Wiluna and the Canning Stock Route, the wild desert flowers along the Canning Stock Route"

- Desrae Anderson


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