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 Country is Irrultja – Kindy Kemarre Ross The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories belong. “My country is called Irrultja, it’s past the hill and the dried-up creek from here, it’s a nice place, 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…
My Father’s Country and Bush Medicine – Rosie Kemarre Morton The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. Rosie has painted her Father’s country, where she can always find bush tucker and bush medicine. She Read more…
Bush Medicine Plants “Bush medicine plants are used for healing on the body and for drinking. We make this by smashing 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…