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Sharon Doolan – My Grandfather’s Country This painting depicts Sharon’s Grandfather’s country. This place is in the Witura National Park on the Northern Territory and South Australia border just south of Finke. This area is a beautiful place with plenty of water. There are many trees, lakes and swimming holes.

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Dakota Ngwarraye Petrick – Bush Flowers These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. My twin sister Lotoya and I have just started painting, our grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney has been teaching us, she tells us all about the bush Flowers and Read more…

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Akatjiri – Bush Sultana “Akatjiri is not always in season. Only after they make a big bush fire and it rains, afterward there’s more akatjiri plant, people go hunting and collect it. I do akatjiri painting because it is my favourite to eat. When it’s brown and dry it’s like Read more…

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Edie Kemarre Holmes – Antarrengeny Edie depicts Antarrengeny when there has been no rain and the land shimmers like jewels. It is the open flat country, after a bushfire, when only the young grasses and the trees are growing and where there is good hunting.” Antarrengeny is Edie’s country and Read more…

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