Bush Leaves MK17969 'Mother Country Tjukurrpa' | Aboriginal Art Size: 120 x 60cm

Size: 120 x 60cm

ISBN - 9780987240453

This painting shows Abie’s depiction of ‘Awelye’ or Body Painting story

representing the changing seasonal colours of the plant and its fruit

Bush Leaves MK17969 'Mother Country Tjukurrpa' | Aboriginal Art Size: 120 x 60cmYear: 2014 Size: 40 x 90cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Janets depiction of Bush Leaves, a native bush that grows in the Utopia area in Central Australia. The leaves are collected by the Anmatyerre women, cooked over a fire and eaten. The leaves are sweet tasting. Janet comes from Boundary Bore in the Utopia region, approx 270kms north east of Alice Springs. She is married to Ronnie Bird Jungala, son of the famous Utopia artist Lindsay Bird