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Kipara (Bush Turkey)

In this painting, the ‘U’ shapes represent women sitting down on country, gathered together for ceremony and for collecting bush foods. Beside them are red oval shapes, showing the wild potato, a traditional bush tucker that grows beneath the desert soil. These are carefully dug up, cleaned, and cooked in the fire until they become soft and a little bit sweet — a favourite food shared among family. The concentric circles scattered across the painting show the holes dug by children as they search for bush potatoes and play in the sand. Around these holes, yellow wildflowers bloom brightly after rain, spreading across the country and bringing colour to the dry land. The story also includes the Kipara (wild turkey), a bird that moves carefully through the spinifex and open country. Families hunt and cook the Kipara, continuing a long tradition of living from and caring for the land.