The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Lucy paints her Mother’s country and accompanied her mother travelling all around her country when she was a child, her mother showed her the bush medicine and bush tucker
Name: Lucy Pula Luck
Language: Alyawarre
Community: Ampilatwatja
Biography:
I was born in Alice Springs and grew up and went to school at an out station called Irrultja. I now live in Ampilatwatja with my two children, husband and my family. My mother painted and that is where I learnt to paint. She painted bush medicine, and now I also paint bush medicine. Bush medicine is important for treating illness such as a bad cold. We pass this knowledge onto our children.
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 Read more…
My Grandmothers Country-Elizabeth Ngwarra Bonney I still hunt my Grand Mothers country for goanna, bush medicine and yams. I hunt all year round, hunting and walking through the country makes me happy. When I look Read more…
My Mothers Country – Vicky Pula Holmes Ampilatwatja is my Mothers country, I come from a long line of artists. My family still traditionally hunt and gather, I share my love for the land, plants, Read more…