Gunderson Kemarre Lewis – Great Grandmothers Country I paint my Great Grandmothers country around Canteen Creek. Long time ago she hunted around this soakage in this country. When I paint, I paint that country, the soakage the bushflowers the sandhills and the distant mountains. I hunt this country now.
Latoya Ngwarraye Petrick – Bushflowers The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. “I have just started Read more…
Colleen Ngwarraye Morton – Women’s Ceremony and Bush Medicine The layers of Colleen’s paintings are as detailed and complex as the stories she paints. Colleen’s painting represents a ceremony that is performed by the women in the community. It involves dance, singing and painting the body in ochre, to celebrate Read more…
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – My Grandmothers Country 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. Read more…
Alana Ngwarraye Holmes – Wild Flowers Out in the plain after the rain the wild flowers grow and bloom, I see these flowers on my mother’s country. The plant has pretty flowers, we take them home and show them to the children. They are a beautiful purple, yellow and pink Read more…
Alana Ngwarraye Holmes – Wild Flowers Out in the plain after the rain the wild flowers grow and bloom, I see these flowers on my mother’s country. The plant has pretty flowers, we take them home and show them to the children. They are a beautiful purple, yellow and pink Read more…
Susan Ngwarraye Philomac – Spring Creek Donkeys and horses would come and drink from the water at Spring Creek on my father’s country. We would put a bucket in the sand we would filter the water so we could drink it. When I was young girl we would go to Read more…
Kathleen Nanima Rambler – Awerle Anatye (yam plant) When I go visit my family we drive along Bluebush Road, the road is south of Ali Curung towards the Stuart Highway. The road is sandy. Bluebush Road has a dam, after Cyclone Tracey hit it was so large that it looked Read more…
Kathleen Nanima Rambler – Awerle Anatye (yam plant) When I go visit my family we drive along Bluebush Road, the road is south of Ali Curung towards the Stuart Highway. The road is sandy. Bluebush Road has a dam, after Cyclone Tracey hit it was so large that it looked Read more…
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – My Grandmothers Country 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. Read more…