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Polly belongs to the oldest living generation of Utopia women and her artistic career began in the late 1970s when she, like many of the women in Utopia, began working with silk batik before venturing into works on canvas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\"\u003ePolly is considered one of the most accomplished painters from the Utopia region and is inspired by the Arnwetky (conkerberry) - a green tangled, spiny shrub that produces fragrant white flowers. After the summer rains, tiny green berries begin to grow and ripen, changing colour over the weeks from light green to pinks and browns to yellow, to shades of red and purple when they finally ripen. The fruits very much resemble a plum and are often referred to in English by Polly as a 'bush plum'. 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Like Kathleen, Polly creates her paintings by building up layer upon layer of colour to create multi-dimensional images. The two have often collaborated and painted together.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolly's paintings are borne from traditional knowledge and her confident approach to painting can be seen in the way she assembles streams of seeds, piling dots upon each other to create rich thick fields employing glowing palettes of colour. Pollys works range from extremely fine dotting techniques with either interspersed colours or areas of varying colours and depth all blending together across the canvas. Through extensive overdotting, she builds up layers of colour, blending or separate, to give a wealth of different and very attractive paint effects.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer subject matter is drawn from acute observation and memory. Intimate knowledge of country, personal history and ancestral journey. Seamless in her portrayal of these elements her paintings are sensory mind maps that reveal the artists place, and her sense of self all within one framework. Pollys work has been increasingly exhibited since 1999 and in recent years, Polly has undergone a renaissance in her work - by all accounts producing some of the finest paintings of her career to date.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer work has appeared in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award since 2003. Her honourable mention as a 2004 finalist was followed by representation at the Contemporary Art Fair in Paris at the Grand Palais Champs Elysees. Polly was also represented in the exhibition Emily Kngwarreye and her Legacy at the Hillside Forum Daikanyama Tokyo in 2008.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolly's work has been exhibited extensively both in Australia and overseas.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCollections\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"bioUL\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Holmes a Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe World Bank, Washington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Holt Collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAwards and Recognition\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2003 20th NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Solo Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 Poly Ngale - Arnwetky, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Group Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2020 Colours of Spring, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2020 Polly Ngale \u0026amp; Kathleen Ngale: Bush Plum Dreaming, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2019 Summer Show \u0026amp; Art Parade, Salt, Queenscliff, VIC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2019 International Women's Day, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2019 Defining Tradition | the colourists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Painting on Country - Utopia Artists, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Beyond the Veil, Olsen Gruin, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Indigenous Australia: Masterworks from the National Gallery of Australia, me Collectors Room, Berlin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Art Paris Art Fair, Arts d'Australie, Stephane Jacob, Grand-Palais, Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2015 Sixteen Artists 16 x 2, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2014 Dot Code: Desert Artists, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2014 Parcours des Mondes, Arts d'Australie, Stephane Jacob, Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2012 Lineart, Arts d'Australie, Stephane Jacob, Gent, Belgium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2011 Thinking outside the square, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 Stories from the Centre, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 Parcours des Mondes, Arts d'Australie, Stephane Jacob, Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 Parcours Nomad's en Australie, Arts d'Australie, Stephane Jacob, Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2010 Spring, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2009 JGM Gallery, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2009 Size Matters, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney, NSW\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2009 Utopia - Bush Plum \u0026amp; Other delicacies, Honey Ant Gallery, Noosa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2008 Emily Kame Kngwarreye and her Legacy: Visions of Utopia that Penetrate the Soul of the Eastern Desert, Art Front Gallery Hillside Forum, Tokyo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2008 Utopia Revisited, NG Art Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2008 Dreamings the Land, Outback Aboriginal Art, Caulfield, VIC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2009 Utopia - Bush Plum \u0026amp; Other delicacies, Honey Ant Gallery, Noosa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2007 Arts d'Australie, Stephane Jacob, Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2007 Journeys and Dreams, Gecko Gallery, Broome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2007 Visions of Utopia, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2007 Journeys and Dreams, Gecko Gallery, Broome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2005 Neville Keating Gallery, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2003 Telstra Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2002 Two Sisters: Kathleen and Polly Ngale, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2000 Arts d'Australie Stephane Jacob \/ Espace Mezzo - Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1992 Modern Art Ancient Icon, The World Bank, Washington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1990 Utopia A Picture Story, batik from the Holmes A Court Collection by Utopia artists which toured Ireland and Scotland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1990 Art of the Eastern Desert, Eastern Desert Art, Brisbane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings, A Summer Project, S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989 Aboriginal Art from Utopia, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Polly Ngale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32943698313251,"sku":"CP887544","price":16995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/20201106_214946.jpg?v=1604674146"},{"product_id":"bush-plum-dreaming-by-gracie-morton-pwerle-8","title":"\"Bush Plum Dreaming\" by Gracie Morton Pwerle","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biotopcnt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biotopinf\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" class=\"copy\"\u003eSize: 200 by 130  cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" class=\"copy\"\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" class=\"copy\"\u003eFree Worldwide Shipping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"bioTop\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eDOB: c. 1956\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eBORN: Utopia, NT\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eLANGUAGE GROUP: Alyawarre\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eCOMMUNITY: Utopia, NT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"bioTop\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eGracie Pwerle Morton was born in Utopia, Northern Territory around 1956. She is one of the senior traditional custodians for both the Altyerre (Dreaming) and the vast expanse of a related country, some 263 km north of Alice Springs. In accordance with traditional law, the responsibility for the Bush Plum Dreaming has been passed down to Gracie from her father and her aunt, who are responsible for ensuring that she perseveres its traditions.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copyJ\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Pwerle Morton's career began in the 1970s with the Utopia Women's Batik Group and on canvas in the late 1980s. Her work has been well-received in galleries throughout Australia and around the world. Gracie works with great strength and dynamism of the Utopian women artists that continue across the generations. Gracie's delicate dotting and colour variation use an aerial perspective to portray the seasonal changes of the Arnwekety - the Bush Plum, a plant of great significance to the women of Gracie's traditional country, Mosquito Bore.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Morton's style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours. Her signature theme is the \"bush plum\" stories known to the Alyawarre as Arnwekety.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe delightfully subtle paintings of the Arnwekety - the Bush Plum, depict the changing seasonal influences on a plant that is of the greatest significance to the Alyawarre women of the Eastern Desert region of the Northern Territory. The incredible finesse of Gracie's style creates a wonderful lyricism in her works, causing a three-dimensionality that pulls at the eye guiding the viewer through the soft, outward-reaching fields of colour, while simultaneously transfixing one in its undulations.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bush Plum is a highly nutritious small fruit with black seeds, rich in vitamin C, that can be eaten raw or cooked. Growing in a great profusion of flowers and fruit throughout the winter months, the women, accompanied by the children, collect the Bush Plums, while at the same time reconfirming their connection to the land. The flourish of colour that distinguishes the Bush Plum after the fall of rain, is quickly transformed with the long hot summer months. Dried and separated, the seed and husk are scattered over the vast sun-baked landscape by the hot summer wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"bioUL\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeher Collection, Reimers Foundation, Deidesheim, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtbank, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHolmes a Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSlaughter and May International Law, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copyJ\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Solo Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Land is Life. Art from Australia, Jagdschloss Granitz, Binz, Ruegen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Kulturnacht, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001-02 Recounting the Essence of Life. Art from Australia, Kunstforum HDZ, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001 The Unseen in Scene, Staedtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001 Alliance Francaise de Canberra , Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Mosquito Bore - The Art of the Minimalist, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Kunst der Aborigines, Leverkusen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns, Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copyJ\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Group Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 60 by 60 - Small Paintings, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Cup of Joy - New Works from Rising Stars, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2018 Painting on Country - Utopia Artists, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Alliance Francaise de Canberra and French Embassy, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 My Country - Journey of our Ancestors, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Utopia und Balgo Hills, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Culture Store, Art Gallery, Rotterdam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1996 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1994 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1993 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1992 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1991 8th National Aboriginal Art Awards, Museum \u0026amp; Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1991 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989-91 Utopia: A Picture Story, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 - 91 The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Ireland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 - 91 Meat Market Gallery, Melbourne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings. 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A Summer Project, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1986 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1985 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gracie Pwerle Morton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39375521153059,"sku":"","price":8995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/Gracie_Morton_-_Purple_Bush_Plum_Dreaming.jpg?v=1722659581"},{"product_id":"bush-medicine-leaves-by-jeannie-petyarre-11","title":"\"Bush Medicine Leaves\" by Jeannie Petyarre","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e200 cm by 110 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Jeannie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie Petyarre (Pitjara) was born in c.1956 on the Boundary Bore Outstation of Utopia in Central Australia. An established artist in Utopia, Jeannie is the niece of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. In the early 1980s, when Jeannie was living at Boundary Bore Outstation with her family, husband Henry Long Kemarre, and their six children, Jeannie was introduced to the art of Batik. Jeannie was encouraged by her aunt, Emily Kngwarreye to continue to paint her family's Yam Dreaming. In 1990, her work was chosen to be part of the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, which toured extensively and was featured in their book \"Utopia - A Picture Story\". All of Jeannie's Dreamtime stories come from the Alhalkere Country and are passed down to her from her father's side.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie paints the Yam Seed, Yam Leaf, Yam Flower Dreamings, body paint, Mountain Devil Lizard, and My Country Dreamings. Jeannie's tribal name is \"Angiltha\" which means little lizard.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this painting, Jeannie paints bush medicine leaves with precise, fine strokes. The Bush Medicine Plant is an Australian native that grows wild in Central Australia. Women go to different places around Utopia to collect leaves from these plants. Back at the camp, the leaves are boiled to extract the resin. Kangaroo fat is mixed into the resin, creating a paste that can be stored for a long time in bush conditions. This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, rashes and also acts as an insect repellent.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy painting \"Bush Medicine Leaves\", Jeannie is paying homage to the spirit of the medicine plant in the hope that it will regenerate, enabling the people to continue to benefit from its healing properties.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie has participated in various group exhibitions around Australia and several exhibitions toured the USA, United Arab Emirates, France, Italy, Turkey, and China. 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She was born in 1986 and her clan country is at Boundry Bore. Belinda has strong artistic connections within her family – her grandmother is leading Utopia artist Polly Ngale, and her mother Bessie Purvis Petyarre and sister Janet Golder are also accomplished, artists. Artists Kathleen Ngale and Angelina Ngale are her great aunts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBelinda paints the Bush Plum Dreaming story that she inherits from her grandmother Polly Ngale. Her technique is to render the many colors of the bush plum plant as the fruits ripen. The bush plum is known as anwekety and only fruit for a few weeks of the year. In the Jukurrpa Dreaming story, the bush plum seeds were blown all over the ancestral lands by the winds and they bore fruit on Utopia lands. 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Her family and the Utopia community share a rich artistic heritage. Not only her aunties but also her sisters, Mary, Rita, and Elizabeth, are artists. Gracie began painting in the late 1980s during the “A Summer Project,” when acrylic paints and canvas were introduced to women at Utopia. Her work has been widely appreciated across Australia and internationally. As a senior custodian of the Arnwekety (Bush Plum) Dreaming, she ensures the traditions, customs, and stories linked to this Dreaming are maintained, a responsibility inherited from her father and aunt. Her artwork mainly features Arnwekety, illustrating the seasonal changes affecting the plant. Her pieces evoke a lyrical quality, creating a three-dimensional visual experience that leads viewers through tender, outward-reaching fields of colour. Gracie’s work is part of major private collections, including the Holmes à Court Collection, and is regularly exhibited across Australia. 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She was born in 1986 and her clan country is at Boundry Bore. Belinda has strong artistic connections within her family – her grandmother is leading Utopia artist Polly Ngale, and her mother Bessie Purvis Petyarre and sister Janet Golder are also accomplished, artists. Artists Kathleen Ngale and Angelina Ngale are her great aunts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBelinda paints the Bush Plum Dreaming story that she inherits from her grandmother Polly Ngale. Her technique is to render the many colors of the bush plum plant as the fruits ripen. The bush plum is known as anwekety and only fruit for a few weeks of the year. In the Jukurrpa Dreaming story, the bush plum seeds were blown all over the ancestral lands by the winds and they bore fruit on Utopia lands. 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An established artist in Utopia, Jeannie is the niece of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. In the early 1980s, when Jeannie was living at Boundary Bore Outstation with her family, husband Henry Long Kemarre, and their six children, Jeannie was introduced to the art of Batik. Jeannie was encouraged by her aunt, Emily Kngwarreye to continue to paint her family's Yam Dreaming. In 1990, her work was chosen to be part of the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, which toured extensively and was featured in their book \"Utopia - A Picture Story\". All of Jeannie's Dreamtime stories come from the Alhalkere Country and are passed down to her from her father's side.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie paints the Yam Seed, Yam Leaf, Yam Flower Dreamings, body paint, Mountain Devil Lizard, and My Country Dreamings. 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This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, rashes and also acts as an insect repellent.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy painting \"Bush Medicine Leaves\", Jeannie is paying homage to the spirit of the medicine plant in the hope that it will regenerate, enabling the people to continue to benefit from its healing properties.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie has participated in various group exhibitions around Australia and several exhibitions toured the USA, United Arab Emirates, France, Italy, Turkey, and China. Some of her paintings are held in well-known and highly regarded collections such as the Holmes à Court Collection and the National Gallery of Australia.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCollections\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHolmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Group Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2021 Top 20 2021, Art Mob, Hobart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Central Focus, Art Mob, Hobart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Top 20 Exhibition, Art Mob, Hobart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 Summer Show \u0026amp; Art Parade, Salt, Queenscliff, VIC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 defining tradition | black + white, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 International Women's Day, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2011 Thinking outside the square, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2009 Jeannie Petyarre: Medicine Leaves, Aboriginal Dreaming Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2008 Three Petyarres\", Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Bahrain Art Society, The Kingdom of Bahrain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Annual Clear Lake Exhibition of Aboriginal Paintings, Houston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Dubai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2005 Cicada Trading, Milan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2005 Cicada Trading, Illayda, Istanbul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1990 A Picture Story Exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopian artists which toured Eire and Scotland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings the first works on canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jeannie Petyarre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39612077506595,"sku":"CP790","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/IMG_0696.jpg?v=1648709260"},{"product_id":"bush-medicine-leaves-by-rosemary-petyarre-3","title":"\"Bush Medicine Leaves\" by Rosemary Petyarre","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize 197cm by 185cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Rosemary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosemary Bird Petyarre was born in the early 1950s at Atneltye, or Boundary Bore, on Utopia Station in the Northern Territory, located 270 km northeast of Alice Springs. Rosemary Petyarre is the niece of the famous Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye and sister of Jeannie Petyarre and half-sister of artists Greeny Purvis Petyarre and Evelyn Pultara. She is also a skin sister to other well-known artists including Gloria Petyarre, Kathleen Petyarre, and Ada Bird Petyarre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is clear that Rosemary Petyarre has painting in her blood. Rosemary was one of a group of Anmatyerre women at the forefront of the Aboriginal art movement at Utopia. Like many of the women artists there, Rosemary Petyarre originally produced batik works, eventually moving to painting after encouragement from her aunt Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a bush woman, Rosemary Petyarre is familiar with her land and its abundant species of bush tucker, medicinal plants, and native fauna. She and her sister Jeannie Petyarre inherited these stories, along with important women’s stories, from her ancestors via her aunt Emily and they form the basis of her paintings. The subject of many of Rosemary Petyarre’s paintings is a representation of leaves collected around her country and used for a variety of medicinal purposes. In particular, she returns again and again to Bush Yam Leaves and Bush Medicine, depicting these themes with flowing representations of the leaves. Typical of the Utopia artists, Rosemary Petyarre rejoices in the use of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In her paintings, she incorporates traditional iconography and realistic elements. The themes are primarily bush medicines, yam dreaming, and body painting. As a bush woman, she is familiar with her land and its abundance of bush tucker species, medicine plants, and native fauna. These are the stories inherited by her, along with important women's stories, which form the basis of her paintings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In aboriginal culture, ceremonies are focal points in the life of the community. They are held for different purposes but are integral to the happiness and well-being of the people. The people dance and celebrate to acknowledge the fertility of the land, the health of the people, the initiation of young men or to mourn the passing of a loved one. They would smear their bodies with animal fat and would then trace certain ceremonial designs on the top half of their body using a variety of powders, ground from charcoal and yellow and red ochre.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e They would gather together and sing and dance, led by the most senior women of the clan group. The women's ceremony is kept separate from the men's ceremony, though each one is equally as important. The main point is that the people are demonstrating their respect and love for the land. The body paint designs would vary from ceremony to ceremony and would depend on the subject and the time of year the ceremony is held. Different symbols are painted on the body and may vary from person to person depending on the seniority of each member.\u003cbr\u003e Rosemary Petyarre is the sister of famous Aboriginal artist Greenie Purvis Petyarre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Today, Rosemary Petyarre spends her time between Utopia and Alice Springs. Rosemary Petyarre is a highly talented artist amongst the famous names of Aboriginal art who reside and work at Utopia Homelands. Rosemary Petyarre’s paintings have been acquired by collectors worldwide. Aboriginal art status – Established artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Story Behind the Bush Leaves\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe medicine bush leaves depicted were original of the Kurrajong tree of which there are some 30 varieties dating back 50 million years. They scale from small shrubs to massive trees some 30 meters in height. In the larger trees, their trunks are used to store water, but it is the leaves that have medicinal purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe women of Utopia, the remote region far to the west of Alice Springs where Rosemary’s people originated, gather the bush leaves, boil them, and then mash them with animal fats (kangaroo, emu, or goanna) making a medicinal poultice or paste which can last for many months. The paste is used to heal a multitude of afflictions such as bites, wounds, skin infections, rashes, and skin cancer. The bush leaves are also boiled in hot water to make an infusion or healing tea. Other preparations were used as insect repellent or were thrown into the water to stun the fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe desirability of the artworks \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdmirers of the medicine bush leaf paintings often observe their mesmerizing attraction. People are captivated by how the paintings appear to be in motion in front of their eyes like the leaves on the canvas are literally blowing in the wind. Many buyers and collectors of medicine bush leaf artworks both in Australia, America, and Europe are also medical specialists who buy the works to hang in their consulting rooms to show an Aboriginal artwork with medical connotations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSelected Exhibitions\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1989 Utopia Women’s Paintings, A Summer Project\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1990 A picture Story, 88 silk works from the Holmes à Court Collection, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art \u0026amp; Craft Exhibition, Alice Springs NT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1996, The Meeting Place, - touring exhibition, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1996, Nangara, Stitching Sint-Jan, Brugge, The Netherlands\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1998, Dacou Gallery, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2008 Utopia Collection2, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2010 Colours of Country, Creative Native, Perth WA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2014 Desert Song, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosemary Petyarre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39626102276131,"sku":"CP833","price":9995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/RosemaryPetyarre2x222_2.png?v=1651723748"},{"product_id":"bush-yam-by-jeannie-mills-pwerle","title":"\"Bush Yam\" by Jeannie Mills Pwerle","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize 128.5cm by 199cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"biotopcnt\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Jeannie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie Mills Pwerle comes from the community of Utopia, 300kms northeast of Alice Springs, with her traditional country being at Irrwelty and Atnwengerrp. Her mother is Dolly Mills Petyarre and her uncle is Greeny Purvis Petyarre (both of whom are well-known artists). Her great aunt is the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye, dubbed by art experts as one of the world's best modern and abstract artists.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRaised by a generation of Indigenous artists who were part of the batik producing generation of the 1970s, Jeannie was exposed to the success that these artists experienced as they began to experiment with acrylic on canvas. Jeannie inherited the Anaty (Desert Yam or Bush Potato) Dreaming from her mother, however as an artist, she has depicted this dreaming in a unique style that is all her own.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaintings by Jeannie predominately represent the flower and seeds of the Anaty, which she enjoys collecting in her homeland. The yam grows underground with a viny shrub growing above ground, up to 1 metre high. It is normally found in the Acacia scrublands on the spinifex sand plains, and it produces large pink flowers after the summer rain. The Anaty is a tuber (or swollen root) of the shrub and tastes like the common sweet potato. It can be eaten raw or cooked.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the artwork \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe linear work in Jeannie's artworks represent the impressive root system of the yam, and dots represent its seeds. There is an ancient Dreamtime story belonging to the Anaty, which artists continue to be taught as they get older. By depicting the Anaty in their paintings, Indigenous artists are able to pay homage to this significant plant and encourage their continual rejuvenation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUsing a variety of colours in each brushstroke, Jeannie builds up a pattern of harmonious (and occasionally contrasting) colours, embedded in (or defined by) a multitude of fine white dots, executed with intricate detail. Her paintings capture the viewer's attention as their eyes meander across the canvas, enjoying the harmonies and subtle variations in each brushstroke - no two being the same.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough the Anaty is shared by several other Utopian artists, Jeannie's works are unique to her and immediately recognisable. Her works and the variegated colour tones within them, make fascinating pieces in the home, because their colours subtly change, deepen or brighten with every nuance of the ambient light. They make excellent choices for interior design enthusiasts.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie lives a traditional life at Utopia as a ngangker\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(traditional healer or doctor) providing advice, bush medicines and applications to people of her community. She lives in Ahalpere country with senior elder Lena Pwerle, and the two are heavily involved in educating and encouraging other women to participate in painting, exhibitions and culture.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCollections\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"bioUL\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHolmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMbantua Gallery Private Collection, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Recognition\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2008 25th NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Group Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Sounds of Summer, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 60 by 60 - Small Paintings, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Colours of Spring, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Central Focus, Art Mob, Hobart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 Defining Tradition | the colourists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 Landscape Colours, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2016 Spring Colour, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2014 Small Works Collection, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2012 Little Gems, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2010 Summer Collection, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2009 Desert Miniatures, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2008 Utopia Collection, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Colours of Utopia, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2004 Last of the 20th Century, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 The Cove Gallery, Portland, Oregon USA (Benefit - OHSU Heart Research Centre)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Urban Wine Works, Portland, Oregon USA (Benefit - OHSU Heart Research Centre)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Mary's Woods, Portland, Oregon USA (Benefit - OHSU Heart Research Centre)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1995 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1990 Utopia - A Picture Story, an exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eà Court Collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jeannie Mills","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39646644830243,"sku":"","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/JeannieMillsJune2022.png?v=1654246496"},{"product_id":"copy-of-bush-medicine-leaves-by-jeannie-petyarre-1","title":"\"Bush Medicine Leaves\" by Jeannie Petyarre","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e198 cm by 110 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Jeannie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie Petyarre (Pitjara) was born in c.1956 on the Boundary Bore Outstation of Utopia in Central Australia. An established artist in Utopia, Jeannie is the niece of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. In the early 1980s, when Jeannie was living at Boundary Bore Outstation with her family, husband Henry Long Kemarre, and their six children, Jeannie was introduced to the art of Batik. Jeannie was encouraged by her aunt, Emily Kngwarreye to continue to paint her family's Yam Dreaming. In 1990, her work was chosen to be part of the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, which toured extensively and was featured in their book \"Utopia - A Picture Story\". All of Jeannie's Dreamtime stories come from the Alhalkere Country and are passed down to her from her father's side.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie paints the Yam Seed, Yam Leaf, Yam Flower Dreamings, body paint, Mountain Devil Lizard, and My Country Dreamings. Jeannie's tribal name is \"Angiltha\" which means little lizard.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this painting, Jeannie paints bush medicine leaves with precise, fine strokes. The Bush Medicine Plant is an Australian native that grows wild in Central Australia. Women go to different places around Utopia to collect leaves from these plants. Back at the camp, the leaves are boiled to extract the resin. Kangaroo fat is mixed into the resin, creating a paste that can be stored for a long time in bush conditions. This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, rashes and also acts as an insect repellent.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy painting \"Bush Medicine Leaves\", Jeannie is paying homage to the spirit of the medicine plant in the hope that it will regenerate, enabling the people to continue to benefit from its healing properties.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie has participated in various group exhibitions around Australia and several exhibitions toured the USA, United Arab Emirates, France, Italy, Turkey, and China. Some of her paintings are held in well-known and highly regarded collections such as the Holmes à Court Collection and the National Gallery of Australia.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCollections\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHolmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Group Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2021 Top 20 2021, Art Mob, Hobart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Central Focus, Art Mob, Hobart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Top 20 Exhibition, Art Mob, Hobart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 Summer Show \u0026amp; Art Parade, Salt, Queenscliff, VIC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 defining tradition | black + white, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 International Women's Day, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2011 Thinking outside the square, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2009 Jeannie Petyarre: Medicine Leaves, Aboriginal Dreaming Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2008 Three Petyarres\", Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Bahrain Art Society, The Kingdom of Bahrain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Annual Clear Lake Exhibition of Aboriginal Paintings, Houston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2006 Cicada Trading, Dubai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2005 Cicada Trading, Milan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2005 Cicada Trading, Illayda, Istanbul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1990 A Picture Story Exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopian artists which toured Eire and Scotland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings the first works on canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jeannie Petyarre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39653494358051,"sku":"","price":12995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/JeannieJune22_2.png?v=1655529415"},{"product_id":"bush-medicine-leaves-by-caroline-numina","title":"\"Bush Medicine Leaves\" by Caroline Numina","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCaroline Numina is one of the senior sisters of six well-known desert artists: Jacinta, Lanita, Louise, Selina, and Sharon. She has two brothers, her father has passed away and her mum still paints from time to time. She later studied at Yirarra College in Alice Springs. Like her sisters and mother, she comes from a long line of desert painters of the contemporary Aboriginal art and dot-dot central desert movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter high school, Caroline Numina returned to Stirling Station near Ti Tree and met her husband.  She started painting in the early 80s. As with her other sisters she was taught by her well-renowned painter aunties: Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre, who are well-established artists in Alice Springs. Caroline and her family live in Darwin and travel home to visit her mother Barbara Price Mtjimbana often, as well as to her partner's country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany women from the Petyarre, Mambitji and Numina family name hold custody of themes such as Bush Medicine Leaves, Bush Tucker, Seeded, Soakage, Women's Ceremony, and Thorny Devil dreaming’s. Reinforcing these Dreaming’s through their artworks gives respect for the Country and their ancestors. The knowledge must be retold and handed on to younger generations. As such, Caroline has taught her daughter how to paint and shared her knowledge of the Thorny Devil dreaming as a way of honoring her lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Numina Sisters have all been taught to paint by their artist-grandmothers, mother-aunt, and cousin-sisters connected across the Central Desert region. Their mother's and grandmother's Country are in the bush and remote Stirling Station. Caroline's daughter Pacinta Turner is fast becoming a celebrated young artist following in her mother and aunties’ footsteps. She paints the stories of her heritage, including bush tucker and bush medicine dreaming, mountain devil lizard dreaming, honey ant, emu, and kangaroo dreaming in exquisite detail and striking colors. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Story Behind the Bush Leaves Paintings \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The medicine bush leaves depicted were original of the Kurrajong tree of which there are some 30 varieties dating back 50 million years. They scale from small shrubs to massive trees some 30 meters in height. In the larger trees, their trunks are used to store water, but it is the leaves that have medicinal purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe women of Utopia, the remote region far to the west of Alice Springs where Caroline’s people originated, gather the bush leaves, boil them, and then mash them with animal fats (kangaroo, emu, or goanna) making a medicinal poultice or paste which can last for many months. The paste is used to heal a multitude of afflictions such as bites, wounds, skin infections, rashes, and skin cancer. The bush leaves are also boiled in hot water to make an infusion or healing tea. Other preparations were used as insect repellent or were thrown into the water to stun the fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe desirability of the artworks \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Admirers of the medicine bush leaf paintings often observe their mesmerizing attraction. People are captivated by how the paintings appear to be in motion in front of their eyes like the leaves on the canvas are literally blowing in the wind. Many buyers and collectors of medicine bush leaf artworks both in Australia, America, and Europe are also medical specialists who buy the works to hang in their consulting rooms to show an Aboriginal artwork with medical connotations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caroline Numina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39656297005091,"sku":"CP856","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/IMG_1127.jpg?v=1656050521"},{"product_id":"my-country-dreaming-by-delvine-petyarre-1","title":"\"My Country Dreaming\" by Delvine Petyarre","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize: 200 x 140cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcrylic paint on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo commission this painting in a different size please email us at art@creativenative.com.au\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelvine Petyarre is the younger sister of well-known Utopia artist Anna Petyarre. Delvine was born in 1982 and shares the same stories and Country as her sister Anna. Delvine Petyarre is connected to Country at Atneltyeye, or Boundary Bore, which is located on the Utopia Homelands in Central Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelvine, like her sister, learned her painting skills and stories from her family. Her mother was the late Gloria (Glory) Ngale who passed away in 2002. Encouraged by her older sisters Anna and Joy Petyarre, both well-known artists, Delvine is now producing excellent and consistent works. Her mother Glory was a prominent Utopian artist and related by marriage to Emily Kame Kngwarreye (Glory’s husband was Michael Kngwarreye). Glory was known for her eye for color, a legacy of her Batik work, which she has passed down to Delvine and her sisters. Glory also favored the intricate dot-work style that Anna and Delvine have embraced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelvine Petyarre continues the tradition of using fine dot work to represent Country at Utopia, showing the undulating sandhills and formations of dry riverbeds that mark this landscape. The paintings are graphic representations, mostly rendered in black and white, that reveal the important sites and locations scattered across the landscape. Her distinctive style of intricate dot work and her overlaid painting technique, combined with a flair for color and attention to detail, is sure to take this artist to the top of her profession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Delvine’s artwork depicts from a topographical view in fine detail. Her works have multi-layered elements associated with her family homelands of Atneltyeye, Utopia in Central Australia. The illustration is important visually and spiritually of the country – sand hills, riverbeds, and significant landmarks for ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Delvine’s work promotes themes such as – balance, equilibrium, flux, negotiation, respect, and reciprocity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The leaves, flowers, bark, or seeds of certain plants are harvested in season or as needed. This is often done in groups so that knowledge is passed down from older to younger women. Ceremonial sites are where the women gather for girls’ initiation and other cultural Law matters. 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The Bush Medicine Plant is an Australian native that grows wild in Central Australia. Women go to different places around Utopia to collect leaves from these plants. Back at the camp, the leaves are boiled to extract the resin. Kangaroo fat is mixed into the resin, creating a paste that can be stored for a long time in bush conditions. This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, and rashes, and acts as an insect repellent. The leaves have been used as a traditional form of Indigenous healing for centuries and continue to be used in the present day by remote Indigenous communities all over Australia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy painting \"Bush Medicine\" Louise is paying homage to the spirit of the medicine plant in the hope that it will regenerate, enabling others to continue to benefit from its healing properties.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louise Numina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39814997049379,"sku":"","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/IMG_2302.jpg?v=1664865695"},{"product_id":"bush-plum-seeds-by-gracie-morton-pwerle-1","title":"\"Bush Plum Seeds\" by Gracie Morton Pwerle","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eSize: 200 x 110cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eAcrylic on Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eCommissions available, please reach out to art@creativenative.com.au\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn on Utopia Station, c.1956, Gracie Morton Pwerle is the daughter of well-known artist\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003ca style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboriginalartstore.com.au\/artists\/myrtle-petyarre.php\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.aboriginalartstore.com.au\/artists\/myrtle-petyarre.php\"\u003eMyrtlePetyarre\u003c\/a\u003e a\u003c\/span\u003end the sister of famous artists Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre. There is a rich artistic tradition that runs through Gracie’s family as well as the Utopia community. Not only Gracie’s aunties but her sisters, Mary, Rita, and Elizabeth, are also artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Gracie Morton began painting in the late 1980s during the “A Summer Project”, where acrylic paints and canvas were introduced to the women of Utopia. Her artworks have been well received throughout Australia and overseas. Gracie is a senior traditional custodian of the Arnwekety (Bush Plum) Dreaming, and in accordance with traditional law she is responsible for ensuring the Dreaming, customs, and traditions associated with the Bush Plum are upheld. This responsibility was passed down to Gracie from her father and aunt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Gracie’s primary subject in her artwork is Arnwekety and through her artwork, she depicts the changing seasonal influences on the plant. Gracie creates a wonderful lyricism in her artworks, causing a three-dimensional visual effect that guides the observer through the soft outward-reaching fields of color. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Gracie’s artworks are represented in major private collections including the Holmes à Court Collection and her artworks are exhibited regularly throughout Australia. She has been a part of international exhibitions in China, Germany, Italy, and The Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Roseanne Morton Petyarre is an Anmatyerre woman from the Utopia region of Central Australia. Utopia is an old outstation located 270km northeast of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. She was born in 1984 and is part of a family of well-established artists, including her mother Gracie Morton Pwerle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Story of the Bush Plum Dreaming\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eGracie’s paintings are borne from traditional knowledge and her confident approach to painting is evident in the way she assembles the images of the bush seeds, piling dots over each other to create a dense surface using a rich palette of color. Gracie’s subject matter is drawn from acute observation and memory. There is an intimate knowledge of country, blended with personal history and ancestral journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The Bush Plum Dreaming Story is a big story that spreads right across the western and central deserts from Lajamanu and Warlpiri country to the Utopia homelands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The Bush Plum Dreaming or Creation Story from the Utopia region goes like this: In the Dreamtime, winds blew from all directions carrying the bush plum seed to the artists’ ancestral lands. The first bush plum of the Dreamings grew and bore fruit and dropped more seeds. Many winds blew the seeds all over the Dreaming lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e To ensure the continued fruiting of this plant each season, the Aboriginal people pay homage to the spirit of the bush plum by painting about it and recreating it in their ceremonies through song and dance. The patterns in the paintings celebrate the Bush Plum work on many levels: they represent the fruit of the plant, its leaves, and flowers and also the body paint designs that are associated with it during the ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The bush plum is a popular variety of bush tucker that is only found at certain times of the year. It is found throughout most of the Utopia region and as far west as Lajamanu. Sadly, it has declined in abundance due to the grazing of introduced animals, particularly cattle and rabbits. The bush plum fruits in the summer after rain and is an important food source, even though not all the plum is edible. The plums can be collected when ripe and immediately eaten, or they can be dried and eaten later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e When young, the fruit is green in appearance but as it matures, it becomes a purple-black color and is similar in looks to an olive. The plant can grow up to 3 meters high and has blue-green leaves and produces a creamy white flower, making it an attractive-looking plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The bush plum also plays an important part in Warlpiri Dreaming and ritual practices involved in Yilpinji, Love Magic. When a girl falls in love she goes to her female relatives and is instructed on how to attract her man as a lover. She weaves a belt out of her hair while singing Yilpinji songs imbuing the belt with magic. When the man approaches she entices him with her charms until he comes under the influence of her allure. She reveals the belt as his ardor grows and persuades him to place the belt around her waist. As he does, he falls under her spell and they go off together as a couple. Together they eat bush plums and hunt for food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Other important Warlpiri, on learning of their tryst, follows them and confront them as a couple and also eat the bush plums. In this way, the group recognizes their relationship and acknowledges that it is an appropriate match. They are now recognized by all as a couple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJust like the artists from which Belinda learned, she possesses an innate sense of color. This style of work has often been compared to that of the 19th-century Impressionists; reminiscent of the color fields used and their immediate emotive quality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gracie Pwerle Morton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39886565998627,"sku":"","price":5495.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/IMG_2524_872a32eb-6c5b-488c-b75b-25d5d87b304e.jpg?v=1670227118"},{"product_id":"bush-plum-seeds-by-gracie-morton-pwerle-2","title":"\"Bush Plum Seeds\" by Roseanne Morton Pwerle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"biotopcnt\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"biotopinf\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"copy\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 200 cm by 130 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"copy\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bioTop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"copy\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDOB: c. 1956\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"copy\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBORN: Utopia, NT\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"copy\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLANGUAGE GROUP: Alyawarre\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"copy\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eCOMMUNITY: Utopia, NT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Pwerle Morton was born in Utopia, Northern Territory around 1956. She is one of the senior traditional custodians for both the Altyerre (Dreaming) and the vast expanse of a related country, some 263 km north of Alice Springs. In accordance with traditional law, the responsibility for the Bush Plum Dreaming has been passed down to Gracie from her father and her aunt, who are responsible for ensuring that she perseveres its traditions.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Pwerle Morton's career began in the 1970s with the Utopia Women's Batik Group and on canvas in the late 1980s. Her work has been well-received in galleries throughout Australia and around the world. Gracie works with great strength and dynamism of the Utopian women artists that continue across the generations. Gracie's delicate dotting and colour variation use an aerial perspective to portray the seasonal changes of the Arnwekety - the Bush Plum, a plant of great significance to the women of Gracie's traditional country, Mosquito Bore.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Morton's style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours. Her signature theme is the \"bush plum\" stories known to the Alyawarre as Arnwekety.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe delightfully subtle paintings of the Arnwekety - the Bush Plum, depict the changing seasonal influences on a plant that is of the greatest significance to the Alyawarre women of the Eastern Desert region of the Northern Territory. The incredible finesse of Gracie's style creates a wonderful lyricism in her works, causing a three-dimensionality that pulls at the eye guiding the viewer through the soft, outward-reaching fields of colour, while simultaneously transfixing one in its undulations.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bush Plum is a highly nutritious small fruit with black seeds, rich in vitamin C, that can be eaten raw or cooked. Growing in a great profusion of flowers and fruit throughout the winter months, the women, accompanied by the children, collect the Bush Plums, while at the same time reconfirming their connection to the land. The flourish of colour that distinguishes the Bush Plum after the fall of rain, is quickly transformed with the long hot summer months. Dried and separated, the seed and husk are scattered over the vast sun-baked landscape by the hot summer wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"bioUL\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeher Collection, Reimers Foundation, Deidesheim, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtbank, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHolmes a Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSlaughter and May International Law, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Solo Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Land is Life. Art from Australia, Jagdschloss Granitz, Binz, Ruegen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Kulturnacht, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001-02 Recounting the Essence of Life. Art from Australia, Kunstforum HDZ, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001 The Unseen in Scene, Staedtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001 Alliance Francaise de Canberra , Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Mosquito Bore - The Art of the Minimalist, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Kunst der Aborigines, Leverkusen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns, Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Group Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 60 by 60 - Small Paintings, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Cup of Joy - New Works from Rising Stars, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2018 Painting on Country - Utopia Artists, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Alliance Francaise de Canberra and French Embassy, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 My Country - Journey of our Ancestors, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Utopia und Balgo Hills, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Culture Store, Art Gallery, Rotterdam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1996 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1994 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1993 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1992 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1991 8th National Aboriginal Art Awards, Museum \u0026amp; Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1991 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989-91 Utopia: A Picture Story, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 - 91 The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Ireland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 - 91 Meat Market Gallery, Melbourne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings. The First Works on Canvas. A Summer Project, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1986 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1985 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gracie Pwerle Morton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39893741469731,"sku":"","price":5495.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/IMG_2578.jpg?v=1670908728"},{"product_id":"pencil-yam-seeds-by-bessie-petyarre","title":"\"Bush Plum Dreaming\" by Bessie Petyarre","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"biotopcnt\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"biotopinf\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" class=\"copy\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eSize: 199 cm by 130 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" class=\"copy\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bioTop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eArtist: Bessie Petyarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eSkin name: Petyarre (also spelled Pitjara)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eLanguage group: Anmatyerre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eCountry: Alhalkere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eRegion: Utopia, Central Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eBorn: 1971\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBessie Purvis Petyarre began painting in 2005. Her mother, the late Polly Ngale, was one of Utopia's most respected and sought-after artists. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBessie has been supported and has learned her culture and the technique of Dreamtime depiction via her mother and her aunties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer \"Bush Plum Dreaming\" paintings are inspired by three greats - her father-in-law Kubbitji Kngwarreye, Aunty Emily Kame Kngwarreye, and her mother Polly - depicting her country, Alhalkere, and all it encompasses. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bioTop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer Dreamings come from both her parents, learning the Antwelarr and Kame Dreamtime from her father and the Anwekety Dreaming from her mother.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bioTop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Atnwelarr and Kame Dreamtime story is also a very important story for Bessie’s country. Atnwelarr refers to the plant and Kame, the seed. It is the most common depiction in Bessie's paintings and women's ceremonies are continually performed to pay homage to the spirit of the Bush Plum and to ensure its perpetual productivity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bioTop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBush\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Plum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e significant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e this\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e region and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e major\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e food\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e source\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e collected\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e will \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egather\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e much\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e possible as the fruit is only harvestable for several weeks throughout the year. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bioTop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBessie uses a topographical technique to illustrate the growth patterns of the Bush Plum by building up layers of paint using techniques of dotting, and smearing, and by her use of variegated brushmarks. In doing so, Bessie is able to visually celebrate the seasonal variations and cultural significance of the Bush Plum. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bessie Petyarre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39893756018723,"sku":"","price":6495.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/IMG_2590_3402f000-17e9-4a7e-91cd-257163042a68.jpg?v=1670910322"},{"product_id":"my-country-dreaming-by-delvine-petyarre-4","title":"\"My Country Dreaming\" by Delvine Petyarre","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"variants-wrapper\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 200cm by 115cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"variants-wrapper\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCommission work available\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Delvine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelvine Petyarre is the younger sister of well-known Utopia artist Anna Petyarre. Delvine was born in 1982 and shares the same stories and Country as her sister Anna. Delvine Petyarre is connected to Country at Atneltyeye, or Boundary Bore, which is located on the Utopia Homelands in Central Australia.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelvine, like her sister, learned her painting skills and stories from her family. Her mother was artist Glory Ngale and Delvine is also related to the famous artists Kudditji Kngwarreye and Emily Kame Kngwarreye, through her grandparents.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelvine Petyarre continues the tradition of using fine dot work to represent Country at Utopia, showing the undulating sandhills and formations of dry river beds that mark this landscape. The paintings are graphic representations, mostly rendered in black and white, that reveal the important sites and locations scattered across the landscape.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe paintings continue the tradition of Anmatyerre women at Utopia who maintain the ceremonies and activities that are focused on maintaining the resources of the land. These include ceremonies for bush foods, bush medicines, and for the general health of the people and their country.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough less well-known than her sister, Delvine Petyarre is an accomplished painter whose fine skills will bring her work more to the forefront of Utopia art. Aboriginal art status – undiscovered artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Delvine Petyarre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39898681114659,"sku":"","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/products\/2022-12-2112.27.04.jpg?v=1671595880"},{"product_id":"bush-plum-seeds-by-gracie-morton-pwerle-3","title":"\"Bush Plum Seeds\" by Gracie Morton Pwerle","description":"\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eSize: 200 cm by 130 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"bioTop\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eDOB: c. 1956 \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e- 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eBORN: Utopia, NT\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eLANGUAGE GROUP: Alyawarre\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMMUNITY: Utopia, NT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn on Utopia Station, c.1956, Gracie Morton Pwerle is the daughter of well-known artist MyrtlePetyarre and the sister of famous artists Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre. There is a rich artistic tradition that runs through Gracie’s family as well as the Utopia community. Not only Gracie’s aunties but her sisters, Mary, Rita, and Elizabeth, are also artists.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Morton began painting in the late 1980s during the “A Summer Project”, where acrylic paints and canvas were introduced to the women of Utopia. Her artworks have been well received throughout Australia and overseas. Gracie is a senior traditional custodian of the Arnwekety (Bush Plum) Dreaming, and in accordance with traditional law she is responsible for ensuring the Dreaming, customs, and traditions associated with the Bush Plum are upheld. This responsibility was passed down to Gracie from her father and aunt.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie’s primary subject in her artwork is Arnwekety and through her artwork, she depicts the changing seasonal influences on the plant. Gracie creates a wonderful lyricism in her artworks, causing a three-dimensional visual effect that guides the observer through the soft outward-reaching fields of color. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie’s artworks are represented in major private collections including the Holmes à Court Collection and her artworks are exhibited regularly throughout Australia. She has been a part of international exhibitions in China, Germany, Italy, and The Netherlands.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoseanne Morton Petyarre is an Anmatyerre woman from the Utopia region of Central Australia. Utopia is an old outstation located 270km northeast of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. She was born in 1984 and is part of a family of well-established artists, including her mother Gracie Morton Pwerle\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eThe Story of the Bush Plum Dreaming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie’s paintings are borne from traditional knowledge and her confident approach to painting is evident in the way she assembles the images of the bush seeds, piling dots over each other to create a dense surface using a rich palette of color. Gracie’s subject matter is drawn from acute observation and memory. There is an intimate knowledge of country, blended with personal history and ancestral journey.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bush Plum Dreaming Story is a big story that spreads right across the western and central deserts from Lajamanu and Warlpiri country to the Utopia homelands.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bush Plum Dreaming or Creation Story from the Utopia region goes like this: In the Dreamtime, winds blew from all directions carrying the bush plum seed to the artists’ ancestral lands. The first bush plum of the Dreamings grew and bore fruit and dropped more seeds. Many winds blew the seeds all over the Dreaming lands.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo ensure the continued fruiting of this plant each season, the Aboriginal people pay homage to the spirit of the bush plum by painting about it and recreating it in their ceremonies through song and dance. 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Colleen’s Yam Dreaming story links through to the country of Ada Bird Petyarre, a renowned artist from Mulga Bore, Utopia, and Colleen’s grandfather, Kenny Tilmouth Panangka, has given her the rights to paint the Yam Dreaming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eColleen’s paintings are precise dot designs with a color field varying from warm earth tones to vibrant complementary colors like yellows and greens. Recent developments in Colleen’s work incorporate ceremonial body paint designs and more detailed designs associated with the Bush Yam, the vine, and its flower, which only grows in ‘green times’ (during rain).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eColleen now lives at both Mulga Bore, Utopia, and Alice Springs with her husband Colin Bird (Ada Bird’s son) and young children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCurrently, Colleen’s most popular paintings illustrate the  Dreamtime Sisters who are in good spirits dancing the Awelye (women’s ceremony) and looking after Colleen’s country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy country is called Arnumarra, that is my grandfather’s country. In my paintings, the Dreamtime sisters are a group of spirits that look after the land and also their role is to guard special areas such as sacred sites and protect the land.”\u003c\/em\u003e – Colleen Wallace, August 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCollections\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCreative Native Perth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExhibitions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999  Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, N.T. 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There is a rich artistic tradition that runs through Gracie’s family as well as the Utopia community. Not only Gracie’s aunties but her sisters, Mary, Rita, and Elizabeth, are also artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Morton began painting in the late 1980s during the “A Summer Project”, where acrylic paints and canvas were introduced to the women of Utopia. Her artworks have been well received throughout Australia and overseas. Gracie is a senior traditional custodian of the Arnwekety (Bush Plum) Dreaming, and in accordance with traditional law she is responsible for ensuring the Dreaming, customs, and traditions associated with the Bush Plum are upheld. This responsibility was passed down to Gracie from her father and aunt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie’s primary subject in her artwork is Arnwekety and through her artwork, she depicts the changing seasonal influences on the plant. Gracie creates a wonderful lyricism in her artworks, causing a three-dimensional visual effect that guides the observer through the soft outward reaching fields of color.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie’s artworks are represented in major private collections including the Holmes à Court Collection and her artworks are exhibited regularly throughout Australia. 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She was born in 1984 at Boundary Bore in Utopia, approx. 280km northeast of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, and had a traditional upbringing, attending school at Utopia so she could stay close to family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoseanne’s mother is renowned artist Gracie Morton Pwerle. Gracie started to paint on batik in the 1980s along with her mother Myrtle Petyarre and Aunties Gloria, Kathleen, Violet, Nancy, and Ada Bird Petyarre (all international artists).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoseanne learned from a young age the art of painting her dreamings, ceremonies, and important bush foods onto canvas by watching her mother, aunties, and grandmothers.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoseanne continues to live at Utopia with her husband, Papunya artist, James Morris, and their two children. A lovely lady with immense talent, this third-generation artist will no doubt have a long and successful career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eAbout the Painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Bush Plum is a highly nutritious small fruit with black seeds, rich in vitamin C, that can be eaten raw or cooked. Growing in a great profusion of flowers and fruit throughout the winter months, the women, accompanied by the children, collect the Bush Plums, while at the same time reconfirming their connection to the land. The flourish of color that distinguishes the Bush Plum after the fall of rain, is quickly transformed with the long hot summer months. 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She is one of the senior traditional custodians for both the Altyerre (Dreaming) and the vast expanse of a related country, some 263 km north of Alice Springs. In accordance with traditional law, the responsibility for the Bush Plum Dreaming has been passed down to Gracie from her father and her aunt, who are responsible for ensuring that she perseveres its traditions.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Pwerle Morton's career began in the 1970s with the Utopia Women's Batik Group and on canvas in the late 1980s. Her work has been well-received in galleries throughout Australia and around the world. Gracie works with great strength and dynamism of the Utopian women artists that continue across the generations. Gracie's delicate dotting and colour variation use an aerial perspective to portray the seasonal changes of the Arnwekety - the Bush Plum, a plant of great significance to the women of Gracie's traditional country, Mosquito Bore.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Morton's style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours. Her signature theme is the \"bush plum\" stories known to the Alyawarre as Arnwekety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe delightfully subtle paintings of the Arnwekety - the Bush Plum, depict the changing seasonal influences on a plant that is of the greatest significance to the Alyawarre women of the Eastern Desert region of the Northern Territory. The incredible finesse of Gracie's style creates a wonderful lyricism in her works, causing a three-dimensionality that pulls at the eye guiding the viewer through the soft, outward-reaching fields of colour, while simultaneously transfixing one in its undulations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bush Plum is a highly nutritious small fruit with black seeds, rich in vitamin C, that can be eaten raw or cooked. Growing in a great profusion of flowers and fruit throughout the winter months, the women, accompanied by the children, collect the Bush Plums, while at the same time reconfirming their connection to the land. The flourish of colour that distinguishes the Bush Plum after the fall of rain, is quickly transformed with the long hot summer months. Dried and separated, the seed and husk are scattered over the vast sun-baked landscape by the hot summer wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"bioUL\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeher Collection, Reimers Foundation, Deidesheim, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtbank, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHolmes a Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSlaughter and May International Law, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Solo Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Land is Life. Art from Australia, Jagdschloss Granitz, Binz, Ruegen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Kulturnacht, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001-02 Recounting the Essence of Life. Art from Australia, Kunstforum HDZ, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001 The Unseen in Scene, Staedtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001 Alliance Francaise de Canberra , Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Mosquito Bore - The Art of the Minimalist, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Kunst der Aborigines, Leverkusen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns, Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"copyJ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Group Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 60 by 60 - Small Paintings, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Cup of Joy - New Works from Rising Stars, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2018 Painting on Country - Utopia Artists, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Alliance Francaise de Canberra and French Embassy, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 My Country - Journey of our Ancestors, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Utopia und Balgo Hills, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Culture Store, Art Gallery, Rotterdam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1996 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1994 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1993 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1992 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1991 8th National Aboriginal Art Awards, Museum \u0026amp; Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1991 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989-91 Utopia: A Picture Story, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 - 91 The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Ireland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 - 91 Meat Market Gallery, Melbourne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings. 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She is an Anmatyerre artist hailing from Mulga Bore within the Utopia Homelands. Ms. Kngwarreye resides at Boundary Bore with her husband, Ronnie Bird, and their three children. She has been actively involved in the Batik movement at Utopia in the Northern Territory and predominantly focuses on painting narratives related to her ancestral land in this locality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artistic lineage within her family is profound. Her grandmothers, the highly regarded Utopia artists Polly Ngale and Angelina Pwerle, alongside her uncle, Greeny Purvis, contribute to this heritage. Additionally, her sister, Belinda Golder Kngwarreye, is recognised as an accomplished artist in her own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanet embarked on her painting journey in 1987, acquiring her artistic skills from family members and embracing themes that resonate within the female artists of her family group. These themes encompass the Awelye Women’s Ceremonial Body Paint, the Bush Yam Leaf designs, Bush Medicine, and Mountain Devil Dreaming. In recent years, she has further developed narratives centred on women’s cultural practices on Country, intertwining imagery of bush foods with elements of the Utopia landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanet Golder Kngwarreye possesses considerable expertise in color application. Her artworks frequently merge black and white design elements with vibrant colours, or alternatively, display a full spectrum of color, illustrating features of her homeland and the bush medicine that flourishes there. She has showcased her work in galleries across Australia and on an international scale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eAbout the Artwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJanet has created a Women’s Dreaming narrative, intricately weaving her cultural heritage with the bush tucker and waterholes that are crucial for the women during their ceremonial excursions, which may last up to one week. The women perform significant ceremonies at these locations, including the Desert Yam (or Bush Plum) story from her ancestral lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe yam grows subterraneanly, with its viny shrub extending above ground to a height of approximately one meter. It is typically located on Spinifex sand plains and yields large blossoms following summer rainfall. The yam is a tuber, or an enlarged root, of the shrub and possesses a flavour reminiscent of the common sweet potato. 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She and her siblings were taught to paint at a very young age by her father, who happened to be the famous Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. She began painting in the mid-eighties and to this day still portrays her father’s unique style in her work, in addition to bolder color and the use of female ceremonies and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Her work is typically aerial views of where she grew up and all the iconography of the sites she knows so well. She also paints a variety of different things including bush tucker stories, seed dreamings, fire dreamings, worm dreamings, goanna dreamings, and her grandmother’s country. Many of these are woven together in her art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Her works are popular because once the visual images are understood, they become very interesting to the average Westerner. Not only do her paintings include plants, food items, and waterholes, but they also include people sitting in the landscape, men with hunting tools, and women with digging sticks and coolamons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Michelle currently lives and works in Melbourne and is often found painting in the company of her sister, Gabriella.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Star Dreaming story of the Seven Sisters is one of the most widely distributed ancient stories amongst Aboriginal Australia. The songline for this story covers more than half the width of the continent, from deep in the Central Desert out to the west coast. The songline travels through many different language groups and different sections of the narrative are recognized in different parts of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Seven Sisters story in Aboriginal Australia, the group of stars is Napaljarri sisters from one skin group. In the Warlpiri story of this Jukurrpa, the sisters are often represented carrying the Jampijinpa man Wardilyka, who is in love with the woman. Then the morning star, Jukurra-jukurra, who is a Jakamarra man and who is also in love with the seven Napaljarri sisters, is shown chasing them across the night sky. They are seen to be running away, fleeing from the man who wants to take one of the sisters for his wife. However, under traditional law, the man pursuing the sisters is the wrong skin group and is forbidden to take a Napaljarri wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle Possum Nungurrayi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40038341443619,"sku":"","price":6995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/michellepossum.jpg?v=1685760862"},{"product_id":"my-grandmothers-country-by-michelle-possum-nungurrayi","title":"\"My Grandmother's Country\" by Michelle Possum Nungurrayi","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 200 x 88cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMedium: Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCommission work available\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichelle was born in 1970 in the remote Mount Allan, to northwest of Alice Springs. She and her siblings were taught to paint at a very young age by her father, who happened to be the famous Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. She began painting in the mid-eighties and to this day still portrays her father’s unique style in her work, in addition to bolder color and the use of female ceremonies and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Her work is typically aerial views of where she grew up and all the iconography of the sites she knows so well. She also paints a variety of different things including bush tucker stories, seed dreamings, fire dreamings, worm dreamings, goanna dreamings, and her grandmother’s country. Many of these are woven together in her art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Her works are popular because once the visual images are understood, they become very interesting to the average Westerner. Not only do her paintings include plants, food items, and waterholes, but they also include people sitting in the landscape, men with hunting tools, and women with digging sticks and coolamons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Michelle currently lives and works in Melbourne and is often found painting in the company of her sister, Gabriella.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrandmother's Country depicts motifs that give symbolic form to tribal women engaged in cultural activities in a desert environment known as Yuelamu, which the women inherited from their Ancestral Grandmother, who traveled to this Anmatyerre site in the Tanami Desert during the Dreamtime, at Creation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRepresented as symbolic U-shapes, the women are shown in different areas collecting wild-growing bush food, which is given form through star-like shapes that represent berry bushes, while clusters of pool-encased small dots and large dots serve to represent various types of berries and bush plums that the women collect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle Possum Nungurrayi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40064287277091,"sku":"","price":5495.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/IMG_3202.jpg?v=1686279400"},{"product_id":"seven-sisters-dreaming-by-khatja-possum","title":"\"Seven Sisters Dreaming\" by Khatja Possum Nunguarrayi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eSize: 202 x 119 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eRegion: Utopia, NT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eMedium: Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKhatija Possum is the daughter of Michelle Possum Nungurrayi and Heath Ramzan Tjangala. She is the third generation of painters in her family; her grandfather was the famous Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, renowned for being one of the founding artists of the contemporary indigenous art movement. Khatija's mother Michelle was taught to paint by Clifford and to this day carries on the traditional stories, style, and much of the iconography of Clifford Possum, albeit with stronger color and the addition of women's ceremonial stories and other women's dreamings.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKhatija learned to paint by observing and assisting her mother. It is a process that highlights the importance of art in keeping culture alive as stories are passed from one generation to the next. As Khatija starts her own family, the importance of keeping her cultural heritage strong is of great consequence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeaning behind the artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Star Dreaming story of the Seven Sisters is one of the most widely distributed ancient stories amongst Aboriginal Australia. The songline for this story covers more than half the width of the continent, from deep in the Central Desert out to the west coast. The songline travels through many different language groups and different sections of the narrative are recognized in different parts of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Seven Sisters story in Aboriginal Australia, the group of stars is Napaljarri sisters from one skin group. In the Warlpiri story of this Jukurrpa, the sisters are often represented carrying the Jampijinpa man Wardilyka, who is in love with the woman. Then the morning star, Jukurra-jukurra, who is a Jakamarra man and who is also in love with the seven Napaljarri sisters, is shown chasing them across the night sky. They are seen to be running away, fleeing from the man who wants to take one of the sisters for his wife. However, under traditional law, the man pursuing the sisters is the wrong skin group and is forbidden to take a Napaljarri wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khatja Possum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40064287834147,"sku":"","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/IMG_3309.jpg?v=1687673339"},{"product_id":"seven-sisters-dreaming-by-khatja-possum-nungurrayi","title":"\"Seven Sisters Dreaming\" by Khatja Possum Nungurrayi","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 190 x 93 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegion: Utopia, NT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMedium: Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKhatija Possum is the daughter of Michelle Possum Nungurrayi and Heath Ramzan Tjangala. She is the third generation of painters in her family; her grandfather was the famous Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, renowned for being one of the founding artists of the contemporary indigenous art movement. Khatija's mother Michelle was taught to paint by Clifford and to this day carries on the traditional stories, style, and much of the iconography of Clifford Possum, albeit with stronger color and the addition of women's ceremonial stories and other women's dreamings.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKhatija learned to paint by observing and assisting her mother. It is a process that highlights the importance of art in keeping culture alive as stories are passed from one generation to the next. As Khatija starts her own family, the importance of keeping her cultural heritage strong is of great consequence.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeaning behind the artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Star Dreaming story of the Seven Sisters is one of the most widely distributed ancient stories amongst Aboriginal Australia. The songline for this story covers more than half the width of the continent, from deep in the Central Desert out to the west coast. The songline travels through many different language groups and different sections of the narrative are recognized in different parts of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the Seven Sisters story in Aboriginal Australia, the group of stars is Napaljarri sisters from one skin group. In the Warlpiri story of this Jukurrpa, the sisters are often represented carrying the Jampijinpa man Wardilyka, who is in love with the woman. Then the morning star, Jukurra-jukurra, who is a Jakamarra man and who is also in love with the seven Napaljarri sisters, is shown chasing them across the night sky. They are seen to be running away, fleeing from the man who wants to take one of the sisters for his wife. However, under traditional law, the man pursuing the sisters is the wrong skin group and is forbidden to take a Napaljarri wife.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khatja Possum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40105072328739,"sku":"","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/IMG_3388.jpg?v=1693200343"},{"product_id":"my-grandmothers-country-by-khatja-possum-nungurrayi","title":"\"My Grandmother's Country\" by Khatja Possum Nungurrayi","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 200 x 100 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegion: Utopia, NT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMedium: Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKhatija Possum is the daughter of Michelle Possum Nungurrayi and Heath Ramzan Tjangala. She is the third generation of painters in her family; her grandfather was the famous Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, renowned for being one of the founding artists of the contemporary indigenous art movement. Khatija's mother Michelle was taught to paint by Clifford and to this day carries on the traditional stories, style, and much of the iconography of Clifford Possum, albeit with stronger color and the addition of women's ceremonial stories and other women's dreamings.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKhatija learned to paint by observing and assisting her mother. It is a process that highlights the importance of art in keeping culture alive as stories are passed from one generation to the next. As Khatija starts her own family, the importance of keeping her cultural heritage strong is of great consequence.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeaning behind the artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Women’s Dreaming paintings by Khatija depicts Women’s ceremonial sites surrounding Tjukurla in the western desert of Central Australia – traditional homelands to the artist’s great grandmother. Ceremonial sites carry a deep spiritual meaning and it is where the women narrate their sacred Aboriginal dreamtime stories, through song lines, dance cycles and body paint. This painting has many secret and sacred landmarks and iconography but also includes the important fire, bush tucker and waterholes that are imperative to the women as the ceremonies can last for over a week. Though primarily a landscape painting Khatija has surpassed the basic stories and landmarks and has expanded this art of body painting and ceremonial themes into a classic contemporary composition, using modern acrylic paints.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khatja Possum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40105072558115,"sku":"","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/Grandwotherscountry_c0d39366-f0a4-47cd-9609-96872cc43b59.jpg?v=1693200672"},{"product_id":"my-grandmothers-country-by-azeza-possum-ramzan","title":"\"My Grandmother's Country\" by Azeza Possum Ramzan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize: 242 x 125 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium: Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree Worldwide Shipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eAzeza Possum Ramzan is the daughter of Michelle Possum Nungurrayi and granddaughter of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. She lives in Reservoir Melbourne with one daughter Zaraiya Ramzan who was born in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike her mother, Azeza also carries on the traditional stories, style, and much of the iconography of her grandfather Clifford Possum, with the addition of women's ceremonial stories and other women's dreamings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAzeza's paintings also try to convey visual impressions of sunlight, cloud, shadow, and earth. Azeza Possum Ramzan now paints in Melbourne where her family, including her mother Michelle and aunt Gabriella Possum, now live.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eWomen are the principle gatherers of Bush Tucker and it is an important part of everyday life within the family clan. This particular painting, Grandmother’s Country, depicts women collecting food and also celebrates the fertility of the land. Aboriginal paintings are based on the myths of the Dreamtime. In modern dot representations, the sacred aspect of the painting is not always revealed, but the meaning remains, transmitted through symbols that are easily understood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Azeza Possum Ramzan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40112941891619,"sku":"","price":8995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/IMG_3457.jpg?v=1694502830"},{"product_id":"bush-plum-dreaming-by-gracie-morton-pwerle-15","title":"\"Bush Plum Dreaming\" by GRACIE MORTON PWERLE","description":"\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biotopcnt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biotopinf\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eSize: 200 cm by 109 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eAcrylic paint on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eFree Worldwide Shipping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"bioTop\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eDOB: c. 1956 \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e- 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eBORN: Utopia, NT\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003eLANGUAGE GROUP: Alyawarre\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copy\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eCOMMUNITY: Utopia, NT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copyJ\"\u003eGracie Pwerle Morton was born in Utopia, Northern Territory around 1956. She is one of the senior traditional custodians for both the Altyerre (Dreaming) and the vast expanse of a related country, some 263 km north of Alice Springs. In accordance with traditional law, the responsibility for the Bush Plum Dreaming has been passed down to Gracie from her father and her aunt, who are responsible for ensuring that she perseveres its traditions.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Pwerle Morton's career began in the 1970s with the Utopia Women's Batik Group and on canvas in the late 1980s. Her work has been well-received in galleries throughout Australia and around the world. Gracie works with great strength and dynamism of the Utopian women artists that continue across the generations. Gracie's delicate dotting and colour variation use an aerial perspective to portray the seasonal changes of the Arnwekety - the Bush Plum, a plant of great significance to the women of Gracie's traditional country, Mosquito Bore.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Morton's style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours. Her signature theme is the \"bush plum\" stories known to the Alyawarre as Arnwekety.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe delightfully subtle paintings of the Arnwekety - the Bush Plum, depict the changing seasonal influences on a plant that is of the greatest significance to the Alyawarre women of the Eastern Desert region of the Northern Territory. The incredible finesse of Gracie's style creates a wonderful lyricism in her works, causing a three-dimensionality that pulls at the eye guiding the viewer through the soft, outward-reaching fields of colour, while simultaneously transfixing one in its undulations.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bush Plum is a highly nutritious small fruit with black seeds, rich in vitamin C, that can be eaten raw or cooked. Growing in a great profusion of flowers and fruit throughout the winter months, the women, accompanied by the children, collect the Bush Plums, while at the same time reconfirming their connection to the land. The flourish of colour that distinguishes the Bush Plum after the fall of rain, is quickly transformed with the long hot summer months. Dried and separated, the seed and husk are scattered over the vast sun-baked landscape by the hot summer wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"bioUL\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeher Collection, Reimers Foundation, Deidesheim, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtbank, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHolmes a Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSlaughter and May International Law, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copyJ\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Solo Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Land is Life. Art from Australia, Jagdschloss Granitz, Binz, Ruegen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2002 Kulturnacht, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001-02 Recounting the Essence of Life. Art from Australia, Kunstforum HDZ, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001 The Unseen in Scene, Staedtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2001 Alliance Francaise de Canberra , Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Mosquito Bore - The Art of the Minimalist, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Kunst der Aborigines, Leverkusen, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2000 Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns, Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"copyJ\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected Group Exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 60 by 60 - Small Paintings, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2020 Cup of Joy - New Works from Rising Stars, Japingka Gallery, Perth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2018 Painting on Country - Utopia Artists, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Alliance Francaise de Canberra and French Embassy, Canberra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 My Country - Journey of our Ancestors, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1999 Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Utopia und Balgo Hills, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1998 Culture Store, Art Gallery, Rotterdam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1996 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1994 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1993 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1992 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1991 8th National Aboriginal Art Awards, Museum \u0026amp; Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1991 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989-91 Utopia: A Picture Story, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 - 91 The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Ireland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 - 91 Meat Market Gallery, Melbourne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings. 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A Summer Project, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1986 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1985 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gracie Pwerle Morton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40112943071267,"sku":"","price":8995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/IMG_3475.jpg?v=1694504581"},{"product_id":"seven-sisters-dreaming-by-michelle-possum-nungurrayi-1","title":"\"Seven Sister's Dreaming\" by Michelle Possum Nungurrayi","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 200 x 127 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMedium: Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCommission work available\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichelle was born in 1970 in the remote Mount Allan, to the northwest of Alice Springs. She and her siblings were taught to paint at a very young age by her father, who happened to be the famous Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. She began painting in the mid-eighties and to this day still portrays her father’s unique style in her work, in addition to bolder color and the use of female ceremonies and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Her work is typically aerial views of where she grew up and all the iconography of the sites she knows so well. She also paints a variety of different things including bush tucker stories, seed dreamings, fire dreamings, worm dreamings, goanna dreamings, and her grandmother’s country. Many of these are woven together in her art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Her works are popular because once the visual images are understood, they become very interesting to the average Westerner. Not only do her paintings include plants, food items, and waterholes, but they also include people sitting in the landscape, men with hunting tools, and women with digging sticks and coolamons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Michelle currently lives and works in Melbourne and is often found painting in the company of her sister, Gabriella.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Star Dreaming story of the Seven Sisters is one of the most widely distributed ancient stories amongst Aboriginal Australians. The songline for this story covers more than half the width of the continent, from deep in the Central Desert out to the West Coast. The songline travels through many different language groups and different sections of the narrative are recognized in different parts of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the Seven Sisters story in Aboriginal Australia, the group of stars is Napaljarri sisters from one skin group. In the Warlpiri story of this Jukurrpa, the sisters are often represented carrying the Jampijinpa man Wardilyka, who is in love with the woman. Then the morning star, Jukurra-jukurra, who is a Jakamarra man and who is also in love with the seven Napaljarri sisters, is shown chasing them across the night sky. They are seen to be running away, fleeing from the man who wants to take one of the sisters for his wife. However, under traditional law, the man pursuing the sisters is from the wrong skin group and is forbidden to take a Napaljarri wife.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle Possum Nungurrayi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40139330256931,"sku":"","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/IMG_3501df.jpg?v=1697527855"},{"product_id":"womens-ceremony-by-rochelle-bird-mbitjana-2","title":"\"Women's Ceremony\" by Rochelle Bird Mbitjana","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 197 x 127 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMedium: Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFree Worldwide Shipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRochelle Bird Mbitjana is the eldest child of leading Utopia artist Janet Golder Kngwarreye. The artistic line in her family runs deep. Her great-grandmothers are esteemed Utopia artists Polly Ngale and Angelina Pwerle, her great-uncle is a senior lawman and artist Greeny Purvis and her aunt is Belinda Golder Kngwarreye.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRochelle learned to paint by observing and assisting her mother and other female relatives. Her style is distinctive and the intricate dot work combined with a flair for color and attention to detail is sure to take this young artist to the top of her profession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeaning of the Painting (Bush Yam Dreaming)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRochelle has painted a Women’s Dreaming story, combining her country with the bush tucker and waterholes that are imperative when the women go out bush for the ceremony which can take up to a week. The women conduct important ceremonies at these sites, including that of the Desert Yam (or Bush Plum) story from her family’s country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe yam grows underground with its viny shrub growing above ground up to one meter high. It is normally found on Spinifex sand plains and produces large flowers after a summer rain. The yam is a tuber, or swollen root, of the shrub and tastes much like the common sweet potato. It can be eaten raw or cooked and is still a staple food for the desert aborigines where it can be harvested at any time of the year. It is also renowned for its medicinal properties. This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, and rashes and as an insect repellent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring ceremonies, the women pay homage to the spirit of this special plant in the hope that it will regenerate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"rochelle bird","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40139330715683,"sku":"","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/IMG_3504.jpg?v=1697528168"},{"product_id":"gabriella-possum-nungurrayi-grandmother-s-country-and-seven-sisters-dreaming","title":"GABRIELLA POSSUM NUNGURRAYI \/ GRANDMOTHER’S COUNTRY AND SEVEN SISTERS DREAMING","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 190 x 122 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMedium: Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eDate of Birth: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e1967\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003ePlace of Birth: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eMt Allan, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eTribal Group: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eAnmatyerre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eCommunity: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eAlice Springs, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in 1967 at Mt. Allan, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi is the eldest daughter of renowned artist Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. She was taught to paint by her father at a very young age, and since her father's passing the value of her works has increased dramatically. His influences are apparent in her work, yet she has formed a style of her own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer paintings depict stories such as Bush Tucker (Exploding Seed and Black Seed from the Mt. Allan area), Women's Ceremonies, Serpent, Goanna and Seven Sisters Dreamings. Gabriella's work is bold and vivid in colour and composition and utilises many different techniques, the \"dot\" technique in particular.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1985, at the tender age of 16, Gabriella won the coveted Alice Springs Art Award while still a student at Yirara Lutheran College in Alice Springs. She is recognised as a culturally significant artist and her work has been exhibited in the USA and throughout Europe. Her work is in many major collections including the National Gallery of Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGabriella has become known for the important commissions and installations she has done. These include being part of the Vivid Projection Programme at Sydney Opera House in 2016; her design being used on an Art Tram during the 2014 Melbourne Festival; and her 2008 commission and installation depicting her custodial Grandmother's Country for the 2008 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGabriella now lives in Melbourne with her family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eMeaning of the artwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eGrandmother’s Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this painting the artist depicts motifs that give symbolic form to tribal women engaged in cultural activities in a desert environment known as Yuelamu, which the women inherited from their Ancestral Grandmother, who travelled to this Anmatyerre site in the Tanami Desert during the Dreamtime, at Creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRepresented as symbolic U-shapes, the women are shown in different areas collecting wild growing bush food, which is given form through star-like shapes that represent berry bushes, while clusters of encased small dots and large dots serve to represent various types of berries and bush plums that the women collect. The red fire-like motif represents the women’s campfire and ceremonial site where the women gather for ceremony and engage in ritual song and dance and create body art and sand paintings, which the concentric circles in this work depict and double to act as specific sites where bush food is in plenty. Rain nourishes the desert and is captured through the white dotted motifs , which also serves to double as pipe-clay used as paint in the ritual life of Yuelamu`s women, who follow their Ancestral Grandmother’s example in her home country, which is the subject of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eSeven Sisters Dreaming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Dreamtime a group of seven Napaltjarri women were being pursued by a Jakamarra man called Jilbi. 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Ever since then they can be seen as a cluster of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, known as the Pleiades. 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She was born in 1984 at Boundary Bore in Utopia, approx. 280km northeast of Alice Springs, Northern Territory and had a traditional upbringing, attending school at Utopia so she could stay close to family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoseanne’s mother is renowned artist Gracie Morton Pwerle. Gracie started to paint on batik in the 1980’s along with her mother Myrtle Petyarre and Aunties Gloria, Kathleen, Violet, Nancy and Ada Bird Petyarre (all international artists).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoseanne learned from a young age the art of painting her dreamings, ceremonies and important bush foods onto canvas by watching her mother, aunties, and grandmothers.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoseanne continues to live at Utopia with her husband, Papunya artist, James Morris, and their two children. A lovely lady with immense talent, this third-generation artist will no doubt have a long and successful career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Story Behind the Bush Leaves Paintings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The medicine bush leaves depicted were original of the Kurrajong tree of which there are some 30 varieties dating back 50 million years. They scale from small shrubs to massive trees some 30 meters in height. 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Other preparations were used as insect repellent or were thrown into the water to stun the fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe desirability of the artworks\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Admirers of the medicine bush leaf paintings often observe their mesmerizing attraction. People are captivated by how the paintings appear to be in motion in front of their eyes like the leaves on the canvas are literally blowing in the wind. 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She learned from a young age the art of painting her dreamings, ceremonies, and important bush foods onto canvas.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBerandine currently lives with her husband Steven and their children in Napperby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eARTWORK STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBernadine's artwork depicts motifs that give symbolic form to tribal women engaged in cultural activities in a desert environment known as Yuelamu, which the women inherited from their Ancestral Grandmother, who traveled to this Anmatyerre site in the Tanami Desert during the Dreamtime, at Creation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRepresented as symbolic U-shapes, the women are shown in different areas collecting wild-growing bush food, which is given form through star-like shapes that represent berry bushes, while clusters of pool-encased small dots and large dots serve to represent various types of berries and bush plums that the women collect.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"bernadine johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40234572251171,"sku":"","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/womens-ceremony-by-bernadine-johnson.jpg?v=1731046907"},{"product_id":"bush-plum-dreaming-by-belinda-golder-kngwarreye-8","title":"\"Bush Plum Dreaming\" by Belinda Golder Kngwarreye","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegion: Utopia, NT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSize: 198 x 102 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAcrylic on Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFree World-Wide Shipping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBelinda Golder Kngwarreye is an Anmatyerre artist from the Utopia Homelands of Central Australia. She was born in 1986, and her clan country is Mulga Bore. Belinda has strong artistic connections within her family – her grandmother is leading Utopia artist Polly Ngale, and her mother, Bessie Purvis Petyarre, and sister Janet Golder are also accomplished artists. Artists Kathleen Ngale and Angelina Ngale are her great-aunts.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBelinda paints the Bush Plum Dreaming story that she inherits from her grandmother Polly Ngale. Her technique is to render the many colors of the bush plum plant as the fruits ripen.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000; text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBelinda’s paintings are borne from traditional knowledge. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBelinda’s subject matter is drawn from acute observation and memory. There is an intimate knowledge of the country, blended with personal history and ancestral journey, and her confident approach to painting is evident in the way she assembles the images of the bush plum and seeds by building a dense and mesmerising surface with a rich palette of colours. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBelinda has painted a Women’s Dreaming story, combining her country with the bush tucker and bush medicine that are imperative when the women gather at significant sites for ceremony which can take up to a week. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Belinda Golder Kngwarreye","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40282450329635,"sku":"","price":5495.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/8669\/9584\/files\/IMG_3994_e72b3b3c-49a0-4ca1-82b5-85436bc052a2.jpg?v=1709019066"},{"product_id":"thorny-devil-lizard-by-caroline-numina-napananka","title":"\"Thorny Devil Lizard\" by Caroline Numina Napananka","description":"\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize: 200 x 150 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium: Acrylic on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree Worldwide Shipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCaroline Numina is one of the senior sisters of six well-known desert artists: Jacinta, Lanita, Louise, Selina, and Sharon. She also has two brothers. Her father has passed away, and her mum still paints from time to time. She later studied at Yirarra College in Alice Springs. Like her sisters and mother, she comes from a long line of desert painters of the contemporary Aboriginal art and dot-dot central desert movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter high school, Caroline Numina returned to Stirling Station near Ti Tree and met her husband. She started painting in the early 1980s. As with her other sisters, she was taught by her well-renowned painter aunties, Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre, well-established artists in Alice Springs. Caroline and her family live in Darwin and travel home often to visit her mother, Barbara Price Mtjimbana, as well as to her partner's country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany women from the Petyarre, Mambitji and Numina families hold custody of themes such as Bush Medicine Leaves, Bush Tucker, Seeded, Soakage, Women's Ceremony, and Thorny Devil Dreaming. Reinforcing these Dreamings through their artworks pays respect to the Country and their ancestors. The knowledge must be shared and passed on to younger generations. As such, Caroline has taught her daughter how to paint and shared her knowledge of the Thorny Devil Dreaming as a way of honouring her lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Numina Sisters have all been taught to paint by their artist-grandmothers, mother-aunt, and cousin-sisters connected across the Central Desert region. Their mother's and grandmother's Country are in the bush and remote Stirling Station. Caroline's daughter Pacinta Turner is fast becoming a celebrated young artist following in her mother's and aunties’ footsteps. She paints the stories of her heritage, including bush tucker and bush medicine dreaming, mountain devil lizard dreaming, honey ant, emu, and kangaroo dreaming in exquisite detail and striking colours. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003eAbout Thorny Devil Lizard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; font-style: normal;\"\u003eThis is the story of the thorny devil lizard. The dotting represents the lizard's characteristic thorny skin and the tracks it creates as it crosses the desert floor in search of food and water. 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Born in 1964 in Dumbleyung, located approximately 270 km south of Perth, he has a profound connection to the Aboriginal term 'Dambeling,' denoting a large lake near his birthplace, the largest in southwest WA, and the stories associated with it, particularly those about the Wagal (rainbow snake), which he vividly recalls from his childhood visits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHansen's upbringing was infused with cultural teachings from his father, encompassing hunting techniques and visual artistry exemplified through sand drawings. At the age of around 10, his interactions with his aunties along the Swan River exposed him to the practice of gathering paper bark for their artistic endeavors, initiating his artistic tutelage under older relatives renowned for their paper bark paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn adept and accomplished artist, Hansen is pioneering a distinctive approach involving sand and ochres to portray the ancestral narratives and legends of his people. His repertoire also includes meticulously crafted figurative works reflecting aspects of mission life, hunting, and fauna. While his artistic presentations are abstract, they possess a distinct narrative essence. Hansen's artistic pursuits are driven by a desire to preserve the traditions imparted by his grandfather, who transmitted stories and imagery through ground paintings. Hansen perceives the transition of these portrayals into sand paintings as a means of doing justice to their significance while introducing them to novel audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYondee Shane Hansen's painting of the traditional Waterhole Dreaming is a powerful reminder of the natural beauty that surrounds us. The Gnamma Holes, which provide life-sustaining water to nearby animals, are a testament to the resilience and adaptability of the natural world. Hansen's use of sand and bold colors in his art reflects his passion for conveying a simple yet impactful message. 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At the age of around 10, his interactions with his aunties along the Swan River exposed him to the practice of gathering paper bark for their artistic endeavors, initiating his artistic tutelage under older relatives renowned for their paper bark paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn adept and accomplished artist, Hansen is pioneering a distinctive approach involving sand and ochres to portray the ancestral narratives and legends of his people. His repertoire also includes meticulously crafted figurative works reflecting aspects of mission life, hunting, and fauna. While his artistic presentations are abstract, they possess a distinct narrative essence. Hansen's artistic pursuits are driven by a desire to preserve the traditions imparted by his grandfather, who transmitted stories and imagery through ground paintings. 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