Artists of Ampilatwatja

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View Of Country

This shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Ampilatwatja.

Knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, knowing where there is ‘soakage’ (where you can dig for water), travelling with family for ceremonies, and maintaining a connection with the land.

“This is my country, my 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.

 

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Jacinta Pula Morrison – View of Country

This painting shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Ampilatwatja. Knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, knowing where there is ‘soakage’ (where you can dig for water), travelling with family for ceremonies, and maintaining a connection with the land.

“This is my country, my 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.

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Jessie Pula Luck – My Bush Medicine Plants

I was born in Irrultja, my father’s country. I paint therrpeyt, a plant with red and pink flowers, it is my family symbol. You can suck the flowers to get a sweet honey from. You can wash your body with the leaves to heal sores and clean your body. I paint arreth which grows in the rocky ground and helps fix my sore throat when I make a hot tea from the leaves. I love to paint, I feel happy when I paint, I feel busy and good.

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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.

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Rosie Ngwarraye Holmes – Alkwarre (Bush Banana)

There are four women preparing Alkwarre (Bush Banana) they are cooking the bananas in the coals, as they sit around the campfire. The bananas taste nice, soft and sweet. My grandmother taught me all about bush tucker and how to hunt. My two grandmothers took us out hunting together, they were sisters – Maudie and Georgina Holmes, they taught me all their knowledge, the old knowledge

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Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – Penh Kwaty (After Rain)

After we have big rain the land is full of flowers and the river is full of water. This makes me happy.

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Irene Pula Teece – Arrarntenh (Bush Plums)

I find arrarntenh (bush plums) after the rain, I love eating them, they are delicious and make me happy

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Sandra Pula Teece – Bush Medicine Plants

This is Antarrengeny Country, sandhill country, my fathers country. 

After rain the sandhills are abundant with flowers, grasses and bush medicine plants.

This painting depicts the landscape filled with arrwelth (Parakeelya flowers), alekw (Acacia plants) and aywert (spinifex grass).

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Joyanne Pitjara Morton – Arlketh (White Gum)

The arlketh (white gum) flowers after the rain, I love the flowers

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Kathleen Nanima Rambler – Ilpay Anyerreyl (Creek Flowing)

When it starts to rain the creek beds start to flow. Good for the plants and animals. Then everything starts to turn green. The animals are happy for the water especially after we have had hot weather.