Dakota Ngwarraye Petrick – Mwanyen (Bush Tomato) My twin sister Latoya and myself have just started painting bush flowers. Our grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney shows us the good way. This is the first time I have ever printed using a lino carving. I did the mwanyen (bush tomato) plant because Read more…
Leanne Pula Teece – Arrweneng (Bush Passion Flower) Wild passionfruit – passion flower, grows on our country Antarrengenye (unda ra ninya). Arrweneng (bush passion flower) comes after the rain on our land. Passion flower is a beautiful purple flower; it grows on a tree. Once the tree flowers, it grows a fruit, we gather Read more…
Valerie Kemarre Lewis – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mothers Country) My mothers country is flowers, trees and mountains. I love to paint them. We see springs, the water from the springs is like rainwater, fresh and clean. We hunt goanna and turkeys, we roast them in the fire and the flesh Read more…
Alana Ngwarraye Holmes – Atyenh Amper (My Country) I was born in Ali Curung, my father was Cigarette George, he was a drover and my Mother is Edie Kemarre Holmes. My mother taught me to paint, I watched her when I was small, she is an important artist who was Read more…
Alec Pula Lewis – Atyenh Amer Areyel Amper (My View of Country) Alec was born at McDonald Downs Station. He grew up there with his family living traditionally on the land. Alec did not attend school, he moved between different communities with his family. Knowing your country is an important Read more…
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – Tijamburra, My Homeland My homeland is Tijamburra, Canteen Creek, I love that country, it is my Grandmother’s country and it is the only country that I paint. It is fresh country after the rain and it is always plentiful with bush tucker and bush medicine. There Read more…
Lulu Pitjara Teece – Lizards Hiding in the Flowers The lizards we see them hiding under the flowers waiting to catch the insects. The lizards are geckos that are pale with long tails, they live in a hole that they sleep in overnight and wait until the day to catch Read more…
Daisy Kemarre Moss – Lizards Hiding in the Flowers The lizards we see them hiding under the flowers waiting to catch the insects. The lizards are geckos that are pale with long tails, they live in a hole that they sleep in overnight and wait until the day to catch Read more…
Rosie Kemarre Morton – Atyenh Artna Arnernp (My Bush Medicine) with Lizard Bush medicine plants are used for healing on the body and for drinking. We make this by grinding the plants with a rock, we use the juice and the fibre of the plant. We collect bush medicine plants Read more…
Edie Kemarre Holmes – Arratherrk (Bush Flowers) with Lizard They would use the vine of this plant as rope to help carry coolamon with kids. Make like a bag and carry the kids in this. My grandmother was called Arratherrk and her sister was calle Pwelk, the leaf of the bush Read more…