My Fathers Country “This is my Father’s country. This country provides many bush foods for my people. Painting my country helps to keep the country very strong for current and future generations of Alyawarr people.”
Bush Medicine Plants – Sandra Pula Teece 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 Parakeelya flowers (arrwelth), Acacia plants (alekw) and spinifex grass (aywert).
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. This painting shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Read more…
My Country and Bush Medicine – Betty Pula Morton The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. I paints my country where I finds bush tucker and bush medicine. I am very happy when out bush hunting and gathering, it is where 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…
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…
My Mothers Country – Eileen Bonney The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. Eileen has painted ‘Tijamburra’, her mothers country. “This is my mothers country, we go hunting there for wild onions, goannas, echidnas Read more…
Bush Flowers The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. “When I go out hunting, I like Read more…
Bush Flowers The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. “When I go out hunting, I like 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…