Artists of Ampilatwatja
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Selina Pula Teece – Arrweneng (Passion Flower) Wild Passion fruit grow on our country Antarrengenye (unda ra ninya). Bush Passion flower comes after the rain on our land. We gather these once the fruit is ready.
Selina Pula Teece – Arrweneng (Passion Flower) Wild Passion fruit grow on our country Antarrengenye (unda ra ninya). Bush Passion flower comes after the rain on our land. We gather these once the fruit is ready.
Denise Ngwarraye Bonney – Bush Melon On my grandmothers and grandfathers country after the rain I remember the smell of bush melons. I know that they are sweet and ready to eat at this time. They grow along the ground, Read more…
Colleen Ngwarraye Morton – Altywart When I was a little girl I would go and collect the seed from the altywart grass with my grandmothers. They would teach us how to hang on to the tree and grind the seeds Read more…
Kathleen Nanima Rambler – Mulangke Aherne (beautiful land) My country. When I go hunting out bush, as we drive along the road towards the hill you can see the beautiful land and the flowers blooming on the side of the Read more…
Sevania Kemarre Bonney – Great Grandmothers Country 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 Read more…
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – Bush Banana We go bush hunting and find bush banana growing everywhere! We pick them and I cook them and eat them with my family. They are nice and sweet!
Kampurarpa Tjukurpa – Elizabeth’s Story Kampurarpa are bush tomatoes. Elizabeth’s work comments on the environmental change that has occurred on her country due to the introduction of non-native fauna such as cattle, and flora, notably weeds like buffel grass. Buffel Read more…
Susan Ngwarraye Philomac – Spring Creek Kwetyaylp (donkeys) and nantew (horses) would come and drink from the water at Spring Creek on my father’s country. We would put a bucket in the sand we would filter the water so we Read more…
Kalaya Tjukurrpa Kalaya Tjukurrpa (Emu Dreaming) near M’Bunghara Outstation on Glen Helen Station. The emu is travelling from the waterhole to his eggs while the Malu (kangaroo) is travelling between waterholes looking for water.
Minkulpa Minkulpa (bush tobacco) plant growing, the leaves are ready to pick, dry them out and then they are ready. Lots of minkulpa growing after the rain.