This is my country out in Utopia an outstation called Soapy Bore it’s my Father’s country, there’s big soakage, hills, bush medicine and bush tucker. All my family paint, my grandmother, my mother and aunties. I like to paint, I think about my country, the colours and my family who have gone.
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Melita has painted her country where there is good hunting grounds, she is the daughter of well known and acclaimed artist, Michelle Pula Holmes. They like to go out hunting together to see the country and the bush flowers, which are the inspiration for their paintings.
Melita uses a fine dot technique which requires a lot of time and patience, this communicates her pride and passion she has for her paintings and her country.
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Anterrengeny is my Father’s country. I paint the country that I come from, the beautiful landscapes and the many colours as they change during the session.
I paint the country that I come from, the beautiful landscapes and the many colours as they change during the seasons.
Jerome is the Grandson of Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney and son of Sevania Kemarre Bonney, Jerome is inspired by the work of his family, especially his grandfather Alec Pula Lewis and uncle Gunderson Kemarre Lewis. He loves to paint the incredible landscapes found in Ampilatwatja
I still hunt my Grand Mothers country for goanna, bush medicine and yams.
I hunt all year round, hunting and walking through the country makes me happy. When I look at the distant hills I can feel my grandmother. Bush flowers are everywhere.
Painting and printing my grandmother’s country reminds about those times.
After we have big rain the land is full of flowers and the river is full of water. This makes me happy.
When you break down in the middle of no where the desert claims the car. This is spinefex country, where the dust storms blow around and blocks out the sky and you can’t see anything, it has covered the rusty old vintage Dodge flat bed truck, the desert gives no second chances.
I’ve been painting for over 20 years, and I love to sing and play guitar. I love touring and travelling with my music and singing gospel songs. I hope and pray that my kids will follow me and sing. My daughter Kiara sings with me and it makes me proud