Colleen Ngwarraye Morton – Awenhenheng (Old Lady with Nephews) Awenhenheng (old lady with nephew’s). The old lady is walking with her nephew’s Alura [sic] and Artija [sic] to find soakage (where to find water). They find the soakage has dried up and they have no water, so they have to Read more…
Daisy Kemarre Turner – Irrultja, My Country I was born in Irrultja and I grew up with my mother, father and sister. My mother was the strong painter Rosie Ngwarraye Ross, and my grandmother Biddy Kemarre was a member of the Utopian Batik movement. My sister Margaret Kemarre Ross and Read more…
Robina Pitjara Jones – Atyenh Amper (My Country) 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 Read more…
Kiara Pula Ladd – Apmer (Land) I am new to painting. I am a singer and I love to perform, I have a music video. My mum Robina Pitjara Jones and my dad Kelvin Kemarre Ladd are both great painters, and my dad is a singer too. I really like Read more…
Lucy Pula Luck – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mother’s Country) I paint my Mother’s country. I travelled all around my country with my mother when I was child, my mother showed me the bush medicine and bush tucker. The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists Read more…
Levina Pitjara Morton – Atyenh Amper (My Country) When I paint, I think of the stories my Grandmother Lilly tells me of how she and her family used to live. Where they lived on her country as she was growing up and how they followed their mothers and their grandmothers. Read more…
Joyanne Pitjara Morton – Tharrkarr (Honey Grevillea) Tharrkarr (honey grevilla) – these are in bloom across my country after the rains, the arlketh (white gum) also flower in the gum trees near where I live.
Joyrene Ngwarraye Holmes – Alpeyt Penh Kwaty (Flowers After Rain) The land is blooming with flowers after the rain. This is when I will go and collect the bush flowers for my home
Colleen Ngwarraye Morton – Old Lady picks Angerterrk (Bush Orange) The old Lady picks Angerterrk (bush orange) with her little dog. She lives in a humpy in the bush. Angerterrk is good for your spirit and keeps you strong. The old lady has an ilep (axe) which she cuts up meat Read more…
Beverly Pula Luck – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mother’s Country) Beverly paints her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her the bush medicine and bush tucker. The knowledge of the bush plants has been handed down through generation to generation and Read more…