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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

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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

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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

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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

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Edie Kemarre Holmes – Antarrengeny

The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. Antarrengeny is Edie’s country and also her Father’s.

In this painting 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.”

Edie has a strong connection to Antarrengeny. She gave birth to two of her daughters ‘out bush’ on this land. It is her country and she loves it dearly.

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Yvonne Ngwarraye Bonney – My Hunting Country

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

Yvonne has painted her favourite hunting country after rain. “This is when the storm ants come and make the goannas nice and fat, the ground is soft for digging honey ants and it’s when the bush foods and grasses come up and grow strong. The country is normally bare with small stones and rocks everywhere, but after rain, everything comes alive.”

Yvonne is a tremendous hunter, she is skilled in reading tracks and reading the land. Painting hunting country is important and special to her.