Emu dreaming is the breast body painting of the story of the mother emu who runs away and leaves the father emu to look after the eggs until they hatch and then raises the chicks. This story was passed down through Maisie’s familiy and celebrated in dance.
Name: Maisie Petyarre Bundey
Language: Anmatyerr
Community: Ampilatwatja
Biography:
Maisie was one of the original Batik painters of Utopia. Maisie and her sisters Bessie, Kate and Josie are prolific painters who learnt to paint by watching their mother Polly Ngale.
Growing up on Utopia Station, her family worked at the station. Her father was a stockman and worked with horses and cattle. She loved the life and growing up at the cattle station with her family.
Colleen Ngwarraye Morton – Women’s Ceremony and Bush Medicine The layers of Colleen’s paintings are as detailed and complex as the stories she paints. Colleen’s painting represents a ceremony that is performed by the women Read more…
Beverly Pula Luck – My Mother’s Country Beverly paints her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her the bush medicine and bush tucker. The knowledge of Read more…
Beverly Pula Luck – My Mother’s Country Beverly paints her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her the bush medicine and bush tucker. The knowledge of Read more…