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My Country after Apangw (Big Rain)

“This is country after we’ve had apangw (big rain). The new grasses are coming up and the water is flowing.”

Kwatcha (water) is a valuable and a much revered resource when living out in the desert. The earth responds with vibrant joyful greens after just one downpour. All life out here celebrates to the music of rain.

The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.

Name: Chanelle Kemarre Holmes


Language: Alyawarre


Community: Ampilatwatja


Biography:

I was born in Alice Springs and I grew up and went to school in Ampilatwatja.  I started to  learn to paint from my grandmother Eileen Kemarre Bonney from the age of 15.  My paintings are of bush medicine and Ntanga Native seeds.  I am very busy with my two young children who I hope to teach to paint when they are older.   


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