I paint landscapes because it connects me to my country by the waters, hills, trees and skies, the seasoning of this country. My work comes from my heart, we remember through our grandparents, through inspiration from our past.
My country is where we search for bush medicine and bush tucker, which are different with every changing season, it feels like I connect with my elders, it connects me back to our country
Name: Heather Pitjara Corbett
Language: Alyawarre
Biography:
Heather has been painting with Artists of Ampilatwatja only for the past couple of years. Her art works have been sent to a number of galleries around Australia. She uses bright colours and mixes fine dot work with sometimes naïve presentations of country, the result is a vibrant artwork that communicates her love for her country and the simplicity of living on it.
Her paintings are titled; ‘My Fathers Country’
"My Father is from this country. Rosie Ross and Josie are from the same family line, they knew him well. He passed when i was a baby, I don't know much about him. But I know his country. All my Father's family are here, living in Ampilatwatja.
I like to paint his country. I like going hunting and to town because I like to look and see the different landscapes and the blue hills sometimes in the distance, the grasses and the trees, the bush medicines and the flowers." - Heather
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