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Kathleen Nanima Rambler – Awerle Anatye (yam plant)

When I go visit my family we drive along Bluebush Road, the road is south of Ali Curung towards the Stuart Highway.  The road is sandy.

Bluebush Road has a dam, after Cyclone Tracey hit it was so large that it looked like the sea.  This is where I see the big cream coloured bush tomatos, pink desert roses and goannas running across the road.  All along the road is a sea of desert roses.  The secret yams grow under the ground, you follow the cracks in the dirt and this is where you find the ripe yams.  The secrets of the earth we call them.

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

 

Printed on 300 gsm Stonehenge paper



Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm Lino Print – Charcoal

Categories: Artists of Ampilatwatja

Name: Kathleen Nanima Rambler

Language: Alyawarr, Kaytetye

Community: Ampilatwatja

Biography:

Kathleen's dot work is exquisitely fine and she uses this technique to make patterns within the landscapes of her paintings demonstrating her peaceful, patient disposition and a deep love and connection to her country. The work produced by Kathleen is recognisably distinct, due to the application of her fine patterned dots and the often bright and lively figurative depiction of the landscape.

Kathleen is an artist inspired by landscapes, the ways the sky changes and how the light changes the colours of the land and the rocks. 

Originally from Barrow Creek and married to Ricky Holmes a,  traditional owner of Ampilatwatja, Kathleen began painting at the Artists of Ampilatwatja in 2010.

Kathleen enjoys painting her homeland at Barrow Creek as it connects her to memory of home.  Memories of childhood hunting and camping trips with family.

When I was with all my family back at Tara Community I would watch my dad and grandfather carve bean trees to make animals while my mum would paint.  Sometimes I would sit with my aunty in Alice Springs, watch her paint, help her paint.

A veritable source of life, the land has provided and sustained Kayetetye people for generations, as every plant and animal has a vital role to play within the ecological system; this profound understanding is interpreted in all Kathleen’s paintings.

Kathleen is a long standing member and arts worker for the Artists of Ampilatwatja, also a skilled printmaker and enjoys creating Lino Prints.   Kathleens paintings have been widely exhibited both nationally and internationally and is held in private and public collections.   

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