Artists of Ampilatwatja

Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – 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.

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…

Rosie Kemarre Morton – 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 Read more…

View Of Country The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories, the artists paint their country where those stories sit. This painting shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Read more…

Wilma Ngala Ross – My View Of Country My grandmother, my mother, and myself come from the heart of the country,  Anmatyerr country.  My mother was born at the old Telegraph Station (old bungalow) Alice Springs.    In 1979 I came to Ampilatwatja with my new husband Joe Morton, and Read more…

Sevania Kemarre Bonney – Great Grandmothers Country Shadowland My great Grandmothers Country is where we go hunting. We hunt goanna and bush turkey. We swim in the river. We look for bush banana, bush potato and wild oranges. I am inspired by the beautiful wild flowers that grow there. Being Read more…

Dakota Ngwarraye Petrick – Mwanyen (Bush Tomato) My twin sister Latoya and myself have just started painting bush flowers.  Our grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney shows us the good way. I did the mwanyen (bush tomato) plant because it is sweet tasting fruit that we find in creek beds after the Read more…

Ntang Native Seeds The seeds are collected under a tree by laying a tarp on the ground and hitting the tree continuously until most of the seeds have fallen. Once the seeds are collected they are then ground with a mortar and grinding stone. A number of these grinding stones Read more…

Sevania Kemarre Bonney – Great Grandmothers Country My Great Grandmothers Country is where we go hunting. We hunt arlewatyerr (goanna) and arwengerrp(bush turkey). After the big rains we swim in the river. We look for sweet alkwarrer (bush banana), anaty (bush potato) and akarley (wild oranges). I am inspired by the Read more…

Bettrina Pula Bundey – Bush Medicine Plants Bush medicine plants are used for healing on the body and for drinking. We make this by grinding the plants with a rock, we use the juice and the fibre of the plant. We collect bush medicine plants when we are out hunting. Read more…