Artists of Ampilatwatja

Kelvin Kemarre Ladd – Outback Horse Races I like to paint what I see in my community and the Northern Territory, This painting is of the Outback Races, the jockeys, horses and the people watching

Teleisha Pula Ross – Atyenh Amer Areyel Amper (My View of Country) This shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Ampilatwatja. Knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, knowing where there is ‘soakage’ Read more…

Ntang Native Seeds The seeds are collected under a tree by laying a tarp on the ground and hitting the tree continuously until most of the seeds have fallen. Once the seeds are collected they are then ground with a mortar and grinding stone. A number of these grinding stones Read more…

My Country – Jessie Ngwarraye Ross The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories belong. Jessie’s landscapes beautifully communicate the rich knowledge she possesses of medicinal plants and country, the heart of her culture. Jessie’s has Read more…

Ntang Native Seeds The seeds are collected under a tree by laying a tarp on the ground and hitting the tree continuously until most of the seeds have fallen. Once the seeds are collected they are then ground with a mortar and grinding stone. A number of these grinding stones Read more…

Jessie Pula Luck – My Bush Medicine Plants I was born in Irrultja, my father’s country. I paint therrpeyt, a plant with red and pink flowers, it is my family symbol. You can suck the flowers to get a sweet honey from. You can wash your body with the leaves Read more…

Vicky Pula Holmes – Awangk Penh Kwaty – (Hunting After Rain) After big rain the land is covered in flowers. I like to go collect bush flowers to make bush medicine for my family. I look for goanna too and bush bananas. These are my favourite.

Kathleen Nanima Rambler – Alpawe (Desert Plain) When we go hunting on the land, sometimes we go to a land where there is a hill and a sandy plain, without no trees,only grass and bush potato plants. We go hunting for goannas and bush potoatoes, always bush tomatoes, because when Read more…

Julieanne Ngwarraye Morton – Atyenh Amper (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 Read more…

Kindy Kemarre Ross – Arlekamern (Waterhole) Irrultja When you look from top of the hill at Irrultja you can see the arlekamern (waterhole). Irrultja is my father’s country, it is my country. I used to swim in the waterhole when I was little. I think it is beautiful. I feel Read more…