Shadowland – my great Grandmothers Country, is where we go hunting. We hunt goanna and bush turkey. We swim in the river. We look for bush banana, bush potato and wild oranges. I am inspired by the beautiful wild flowers that grow there. Being on my Great grandmothers country makes me happy and content.
Name: Sevania Kemarre Bonney
Language: Alyawarr
Community: Ampilatwatja
Biography:
Sevania was born in Soapy Bore, Utopia and started to paint when she was a teenager. She learnt the way to paint landscape and bush medicine from her mother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney and her grandmother Eileen Kemarre Bonney, a former health worker and artist. Sevania enjoys painting she says it soothing and makes her feel calm. Sevania now paints and shares her knowledge with her twin daughters so they can learn as she did with her grandmother.
“I like to go hunting, watching landscape, pretty flowers after the rain” “I like also to paint the landscape around Canteen Creek, my great grandmothers country.”
Alana Ngwarraye Holmes – Wild Flowers Out in the plain after the rain the wild flowers grow and bloom, I see these flowers on my mother’s country. The plant has pretty flowers, we take them Read more…
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – Sand Goanna When the goannas run into the hole we block the front and find it through the top of the ground. We use the digging stick to hold it and Read more…
Rosie Kemarre Morton – Atyenh Aknyey Amper (My Father’s Country) and Bush Medicine Rosie has painted her Father’s country, where she can always find bush tucker and bush medicine. She is very happy when out Read more…