Kaliny-kalinypa “Seeing from above, zoomed in, leaves and outside is kaliny-kalinypa, inside is the flower blooming. A long time ago people used to travel on a hot day, they would see all these grevillea on the road, they would tap it on their lips and suck it or chew on Read more…
Yawalyurru (Bush Blueberries) “These are the wavy leaves, yawalyurru leaves. All the circles are the bush blueberries, yawalyurru. The blue background is like the afternoon sky. I am painting my Grandmother’s Country, Watiyawanu area. My Great Great Grandfather, his name was Ngiwangu Tjampitjintpa, he had lots of wives. Big family Read more…
Latoya Ngwarraye Petrick – Bushflowers These bush flowers grow seasonally in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. I have just started painting, my grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney has been teaching me, she tells me all about the bush flowers. The community of Ampilatwatja made Read more…
Claypan at Karrinyarra This work shows a claypan at Karrinyarra after rain with bush onion (yalka) growing. Karrinyarra is two hours’ drive from Haasts Bluff and is the country of the Napaltjarri women and Japaltjarri men. After rain, bush onion (yalka) plants will grow on the claypan. Bush onion is Read more…
Arrngali (Bush Cherry) “You can find this arrngali in tali area. It’s bush cherry, the arrngali. You can eat it. The leaves are greeny-blue, it’s got a stick on it. You can cut the sticks and put them in boiling water, the colour is like blackcurrent juice, you can drink Read more…
Bush Tucker “The background is the outback red sand. It’s my mother’s father’s Country in Yaya-yii. West of Papunya and east of Mount Leibig. Where that creek runs along. The painting talks about inside and outside of bush tucker. The white is bush banana, Ipalu, there’s the two oval shape, Read more…
Camels at Kungkayunti This painting shows camels at Kungkayunti (Brown’s Bore), Benita’s country about an hour and a half west of Ikuntji. They are travelling between the sandhills and the great desert oaks.
Kuruyultu In this painting Eunice depicts her grandmother’s father’s Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). It shows the country at Kuruyultu, near Tjukurrla in Western Australia. Eunice Napanangka Jack, her grandmother, says about the artwork: ‘This is my country. I can’t remember how it all happened, because it happened before I was born. I have Read more…
Claypan at Karrinyarra This work shows a claypan at Karrinyarra after rain with bush onion (yalka) growing. Karrinyarra is two hours’ drive from Haasts Bluff and is the country of the Napaltjarri women and Japaltjarri men. After rain, bush onion (yalka) plants will grow on the claypan. Bush onion is Read more…
Two Tjangalas “Two Tjangalas who travelled from North to South, from Tjantuwari Watiyawanu-one to Mount Leibig Watiyawanu-two. The Tjantuwari Watiyawanu-one place is east of Mt Theo/Mt Patricia. They travelled from North, came to Tjantuwari Watiyawanu-one to Mount Leibig, Watiyawanu-two. Came and collected all the seeds. As you can see the Read more…