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View Of Country

The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories, the artists paint their country where those stories sit.

This painting shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Ampilatwatja. Knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, knowing where there is ‘soakage’ (where you can dig for water), travelling with family for ceremonies, and maintaining a connection with the land.

“This is my country, my view of country.”

Categories: Artists of Ampilatwatja

Name: Diane Kemarre Ross

Language: Alyawarre

Community: Ampilatwatja

Biography:

Diane was born in Alice Springs and grew up in an outstation called Irrultja.  Growing up in Irrultja it was very quiet, and Diane would go hunting and collect bush medicine with her family. Diane began school in Irrultja and then went onto college in Alice Springs where she met good friends, it was a happy time. 

Diane lives in Ampilatwatja now and has her own family, two children a girl and a boy.  She still visits family in Irrultja and they all go hunting and collect bush medicine together.  

She began painting when she moved to Ampilatwatja and would watch and learn from her Aunty Rosie Ngwarraye Ross and her big sister Margaret Kemarre Ross who are both successful painters from Ampilatwatja.  Diane enjoys painting bush medicine that she finds when travelling out bush.  

 

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