These bush flowers grow seasonally in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies.
When I go out hunting, I like to see all the bush flowers that are flowering and then when I come back, I paint them.
The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Name: Lucy Ngwarraye Morton
Language: Alyawarre
Community: Ampilatwatja
Biography:
Annie Morton is my mother she is an original member of the Batik Movement. My sister is Minnie Morton she is a painter who learnt from our mother Annie and our grandmother.
I love the country and I love to go out hunting. I collect bush medicines for drinking which fixes sore throats, and coughing. It fixes me when I have pains in my body. Minnie showed me how to hunt goannas, bush tomatos and bush plums
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