My Father’s Country – Rita Pitjara Beasley “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 Read more…
My Mother’s Country – Beverly Pula Luck The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. Beverly has painted her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her Read more…
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. Different kinds of plants Read more…
My Country – Alana Ngwarraye Holmes The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. “This is my country. I paint because I enjoy painting. My Mother, Edie Holmes let us paint with her when we Read more…
My Mother’s Country – Beverly Pula Luck The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. Beverly has painted her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her Read more…
Anterrengeny – My Father’s Country – Leanne Teece Anterrengeny is my Father’s country. I paint the country that come from, the beautiful landscapes and the many colours as they change during the session.
My Country – Diane Kemarre Ross The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. “This is my country, it’s the country around Irrultja. This is where we like to go after big rain. After big Read more…
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. Different kinds of plants Read more…
My Country – Michelle Pula Holmes “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 Read more…
Bush Tucker – Maisie Petyarre Bundey;- Maisie paints the bush tucker found in her country, the area that surrounds Boundary Bore in the Utopia homelands. She paints bush plums, bush bananas, bush potatoes and bush medicine plants. The main motif which recurs often in Maisie artworks is a full coolamon. When Read more…