Wild passionfruit – passion flower, grows on our country Antarrengenye (unda ra ninya).
Arrweneng (bush passion flower) comes after the rain on our land. Passion flower is a beautiful purple flower; it grows on a tree. Once the tree flowers, it grows a fruit, we gather these once the fruit is ripe. We mash the berries in our hand and the sugars comes out, we eat it and it is sweet and delicious like honey
Name: Leanne Pula Teece
Language: Alyawarre
Community: Ampilatwatja
Biography:
Leanne is eldest daughter of Lulu Teece, one of the senior artists at Ampilatwatja. Leeanne is a grandmother with one grandchild. Leanne, like many of the ladies at Ampiltwatja loves to go out into country, hunting and being ‘in’ country. She has started her own style of painting using strong and bright colours. This style has come from her own ideas. Her first paintings are a modern representation of altwerr (wild orange).
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