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Artna Alpeyt - Bush Flowers - New works by Artists of Ampilatwatja

Artna Alpeyt – Bush Flowers New works by Artists of Ampilatwatja “I still hunt my Grandmother's Country for goanna, bush medicine and yams… walking through the country makes me happy. When I look at the distant hills I can feel my grandmother. Bush flowers are everywhere. Painting my grandmother's country reminds me about those times.” — Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney In 1999, the Alyawarre community of Ampilatwatja, located 325 km northeast of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), decided to establish a community art centre. Shortly after, the artists agreed to focus on painting bush medicine and other plants of their Country, incorporating the waterholes, mountains, sandhills, and open plains of their land. These elements are integral to their ancestral creation stories. For this exhibition, 14 artists from Artists of Ampilatwatja have chosen the evocative subject of bush flowers. Flowering plants of the region—most of which are used for bush medicine—include Wild Berry Emu Bush, Irmangka Irmangka, Green Bird Flower, Bush Plum, Bush Tomato, Yellow Acacia, and many more. After rain, the country springs to life, carpeted in shades of magenta, green, red, pink, yellow, white, and other coloured flowers, shrubs, and grasses. As artist Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney notes, “bush flowers are everywhere.” Flowers are the subjects of joyous paintings by: Denise Ngwarreye Bonney, Diane Kemarre Ross, Jessie Ngwarraye Ross, Kindy Kemarre Ross, Michelle Pula Holmes, Nancy Pitjara Frank, Rita Pitjara Beasley, and Robina Pitjara Jones. Broader landscape views feature in the work of: Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney, Jacinta Pula Morrison, Kathleen Namina Rambler, Levinia Pitjara Morton, Selina Pula Teece, and Valerie Kemarre Lewis. Susan McCulloch Exhibition Curator February 2026