Desma Ngwarraye Turner – Atyenh Amper – (My Country)
I paint the country that I come from, the beautiful landscapes and the many colours as they change during the seasons.
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Kelvin Kemarre Ladd – Desert Speedway
I love motorcycles – Yamahas and Hondas and I love motorcycle guys, so cool. This one is riding his motorbike in the desert as the sun sets
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Latoya Ngwarraye Petrick – Artna Alpeyt (Bush Flowers)
These bush flowers grow seasonally in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies.
I have just started painting, my grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney has been teaching me, she tells me all about the bush flowers.
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Dimensions: 61 x 51 cm Acrylic on Linen
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Rita Pitjara Beasley – Alatyet Angketyarr (Spinifex Country)
“This is my Father’s country.
This place is our hunting place. I always go with my daughters and their children, I show them this place and teach them about the swampy country. We hunt for goannas, bush potato, bush tomato and after the big rain the bush medicine is picked and the roots are dug up to be used.
It is important as my mother taught me this and now I teach my family.”
Dimensions: 76 x 76 cm Acrylic on Linen
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Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – Atyenh Anyany Amper (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.
Painting and printing my grandmother’s country reminds about those times.
Dimensions: 91 x 61 cm Acrylic on Linen
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Rosie Kemarre Morton – Atyenh Aknyey Amper (My Father’s Country) and Bush Medicine
Rosie has painted her Father’s country, where she can always find bush tucker and bush medicine. She is very happy when out bush hunting and gathering, as it brings back memories of her childhood when she used to live traditionally off of the land with her family.
Rosie uses these hunting trips as her inspiration for her artworks, each one reflecting the layered landscape and various colours as she has seen them. They are always changing, with the light of day and the seasons of the year.
Rosie enjoys and understands the importance of painting bush medicine plants. They help in the healing of her people and it keeps the tradition and knowledge strong. These particular plants are very plentiful after rain and can be used for numerous conditions, such as skin irritations, flu, coughs and infections.
Rosie’s dreaming is the Araluta or kangaroo plant. This bush is a rich source of food for the kangaroos and keeps them fat and healthy and good for hunting.
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm Acrylic and Mixed Media on Linen
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Maisie Petyarre Bundey – Anhelengkw (Emu) Dreaming
Anhelengkw (emu) dreaming is the breast body painting depicting the story of the mother emu who runs away and leaves the father emu to look after the eggs until they hatch, he then raises the chicks.
This story is passed down through Maisie’s family and celebrated in dance.
Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm Acrylic on Linen
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Lilly Kemarre Morton – Antarrengeny, My Country
Lilly has painted her country, Antarrengeny. The brightly coloured flowers and small bushes are bush medicine and are still used within the community.
Lilly’s landscapes beautifully communicate the rich knowledge she possesses of both medicinal plants and country, the heart of her culture.
As a young girl, Lilly lived traditionally off of the land with her family and Alyawarr people. In Lilly’s lifetime, she has experienced and borne witness to the irreversible changes of country and way of life, that were previously unchanged for thousands of years.
She is a kind and gentle elder of the community and often tells stories of how life used to be, in Alywarre, her language, to her family and friends. These stories are also a great inspiration for many of the artists within the community.
Lilly is passionate about nature, especially her country and the plants that grow on it, she speaks in launguage and is keen to explain the various bush medicines which she depicts in her paintings.
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Dimensions: 76 x 61 cm Acrylic on Linen
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Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – Ngkwerlp, Kngwarrey-kngwarrey (Bush Tobacco)
Bush tobacco flowers in winter and we harvest the whole plant, let it dry then burn it with white ash from the eucalyptus tree, it’s an old recipe.
Dimensions: 91 x 61 cm Acrylic on Linen
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Michelle Pula Holmes – Atyenh Amper (My Country)
When I go out hunting I always like to see the colour in the trees, the light, the dark and the bush medicine plants growing on the sand hills. The colours change at sunrise and sunset. I like hunting and seeing my country.
I love to paint since childhood. My paintings show my deep love for my country and the beauty I see.
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Dimensions: 91 x 91 cm Acrylic on Linen