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…
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…
Nancy Pitjara Frank – Artna Areyawarr Kwen Apwert (Bush Medicine Under Rocks) When I go looking for bush medicine I look around the ground and under the rocks. That is where I will find it
Maisie Petyarre Bundey – Artna Tyap (Bush Tucker) 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 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…
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.
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…