Artists of Ampilatwatja

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 – My Fathers Country Anterrengeny is my Fathers country. I paint the country that come from, the beautiful landscapes and the many colours as they change during the season.

Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – My Homeland Tijamburra 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…

Jessie Ngwarraye Ross – My Country Jessie’s landscapes beautifully communicate the rich knowledge she possesses of medicinal plants and country, the heart of her culture. Jessie’s has painted her country, Ampilatwatja. The brightly coloured flowers and small bushes are bush medicine and are still used within the community. Jessie’s predominant Read more…

Kindy Kemarre Ross – Irrultja is My Country My country is called Irrultja, it’s past the hill and the dried-up creek from here, it’s a nice place, my dad’s country too, and my Mum’s country is here in Ampilatwatja. When I go to see my country, we always go to Read more…

Joyrene Ngwarraye Holmes – Wildflowers When I go hunting for aker arlkerl (echidna) around the sandhills of Ampilatwatja I always spot the wild flowers and honey flowers.  We tap the Bankias against our hand and get the honey, it is sweet to taste.  After the rain and bushfires all the new Read more…

Julieanne Ngwarraye Morton – My Country, My Bush Medicine My Mother, Lilly Kemarre, taught me to paint. She likes to paint her Mother’s and Father’s country from the old days, when they used to live off of the land. The landscape changes during the different seasons in the year. I Read more…

Kathleen Nanima Rambler – My Fathers Country I paint the country of my Father and Mother and where they grew up, near Barrow Creek. This is the painting of my Father’s country, where I grew up. When we would go hunting, we always climbed those hills. We would take the 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 road, and near the hills, even the beautiful gum trees. Read more…

Kathleen Nanima Rambler – Creek Bed Running When you fly over my country looking down after the rain you can see the river beds running like snakes slithering through the land, everything looks like patches of green with the spinifex and sacred trees, and the beautiful blue of the water Read more…