Bush Leaves MK17969 'Mother Country Tjukurrpa' | Aboriginal Art creating country and law

creating country and law

ISBN - 9780987240453

representing the changing seasonal colours of the plant and its fruit

published February 2013

The plums are then soaked in water to make them plump

Bush Leaves MK17969 'Mother Country Tjukurrpa' | Aboriginal Art creating country and lawYear: 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