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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…

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Julieanne Ngwarraye Morton – Atyenh Amper (My Country) My Bush Medicine My Mother, Lilly Kemarre, taught me to paint. She likes to paint her Mother’s and Father’s country from the old days, when they used to live off of the land. The landscape changes during the different seasons in the Read more…

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Latoya Ngwarraye Petrick – Artna Alpeyt (Bush Flowers) These bush flowers grow seasonally in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. I have just started painting, my grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney has been teaching me, she tells me all about the bush flowers. The community Read more…

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Lucy Pula Luck – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mother’s Country) I paint my Mother’s country. I travelled all around my country with my mother when I was child, my mother showed me the bush medicine and bush tucker. The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists Read more…

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Joyrene Ngwarraye Holmes – Ateralth Alpeyt (Wildflowers) When I go hunting for aker arlkerl (echidna) around the sandhills of Ampilatwatja I always spot the wild flowers and honey flowers.  We tap the Bankias against our hand and get the honey, it is sweet to taste.  After the rain and bushfires all Read more…

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Diane Kemarre Ross – Atyenh Amper (My Country) This is my country, it’s the country around Irrultja. This is where we like to go after big rain. After big rain there, we can go swimming. There is always good hunting on my country. It is good for me to paint Read more…

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Jessie Pula Luck – Atyenh Artna Arnernp (My Bush Medicine) 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 Read more…

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Sabrina Pitjara Morton – Artna Alperr (Bush Leaves) I love to look at the land and bush leaves. My mother paints, her name is Lucy Pula Luck and my Aunties Beverly Pula Luck, Jessie Pula Luck and Juliet Ngwarraye Morton all paint, they are great painters and I want to paint Read more…

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Denise Ngwarraye Bonney – Tijamburra, My Grandmothers Country This is my Mothers Mothers country, out near Canteen Creek, we go hunting for wild onions, goannas, echidnas and sugar bag honey in the trees. I like to hunt in my country, there is water all year round even if it looks Read more…

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Jerome Ngwarraye Petrick – 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. Jerome is the grandson of Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney and son of Sevania Kemarre Bonney, Jerome is inspired by the work Read more…

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