Artists of Ampilatwatja

Leanne Teece – Anterrengeny – My Father’s Country 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.

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…

Rosemary Ngwarraye Turner – My Landscapes I love flowers that grow wild in the bush. My Grandmother Rosie Ross taught me how to paint, and paint how I feel. I watched her paint and I took on what she did. I feel happy and relaxed when I paint. I love Read more…

Yvonne Ngwarraye Bonney – My Hunting Country Yvonne has painted her favourite hunting country after rain. “This is when the storm ants come and make the goannas nice and fat, the ground is soft for digging honey ants and it’s when the bush foods and grasses come up and grow Read more…

Leanne Teece – Anterrengeny – My Father’s Country 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.

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 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…

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 Read more…

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 Read more…

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 Read more…