LATEST WORK
Bush Medicine Plants
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Bush Flowers
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Selina Pula Teece – My Fathers Country
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Dakota Petrick – Bush Flowers
$670.00
OUR ART CENTRE
The Artists of Ampilatwatja community was established in 1999, 325km north east of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) in the Northern Territory. Ampilatwatja lies on Aherrenge country, the land of the Alyawarre people.
The work produced by our artists is unique and recognisably distinct from other Aboriginal artistic communities. The paintings pay homage to the significance and use of traditional bush medicine, allowing an insight into our community. We depict the traditional knowledge of dreaming and country through the translation of waterholes and soaks, bush medicines, mountains and sand hills.
MEET RITA PITJARA BEASLEY & NANCY PITJARA FRANK
Nancy Pitjara Frank and Rita Pitjara Beasley were born in the bush at Ammaroo Station, along the Sandover dirt road. The sisters have never seen the ocean or a big city. Their mother and father were strong healthy people who taught Nancy and her younger sister Rita the traditional way to hunt for Kangaroo, Goanna and Porcupine. The sisters know how to gather bush tucker (secrets of the earth) and bush medicine plants and have memories of their mother gathering and cleaning seeds, grinding them up on a stone mill then baking the floury liquid on hot ashes to make damper.
“When we paint we think about good memories, being young girls and walking through the land. Our mother made paint from two stones and showed us ceremony painting and how to sing and dance for ceremonies. We still sing and dance and collect the bush medicines, we like to make tea from the small purple flowers of Arreth (hill fuchsia).
Painting bush medicine stories is important to us because it helps to keep strong culture for the community.” Nancy Pitjara Frank & Rita Pitjara Beasley
Photograph Credit: David Prichard
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We’ve been printing up a storm, the young and the old, we’ve all worked together. We can’t wait to launch our new prints in March.
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#linoprint #aboriginalart #womenwhoprint #remoteartcentre
We’ve been printing up a storm, the young and the old, we’ve all worked together. We can’t wait to launch our new prints in March.
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#linoprint #aboriginalart #womenwhoprint #remoteartcentre
Juliet Ngwarraye Morton’s latest painting ‘Bushflowers’ is just one of the beautiful artworks recently dropped and available for purchase on our website (link in bio).
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#unique #aboriginalart #painting #bushflowers #julietngwarrayemorton
Juliet Ngwarraye Morton’s latest painting ‘Bushflowers’ is just one of the beautiful artworks recently dropped and available for purchase on our website (link in bio).
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#unique #aboriginalart #painting #bushflowers #julietngwarrayemorton
Alana’s paintings always make us smile, now she is carving Lino to make a joyful print. Everyone at the art centre is waiting to see what colour she prints.
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#linoprinting #aboriginalart #learningnewthings #alanangwarrayeholmes #remoteartcentre
Alana’s paintings always make us smile, now she is carving Lino to make a joyful print. Everyone at the art centre is waiting to see what colour she prints.
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#linoprinting #aboriginalart #learningnewthings #alanangwarrayeholmes #remoteartcentre
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney sharing her Grandmothers country.
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#australianartist #womenwhopaint #aboriginalartist
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney sharing her Grandmothers country.
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#australianartist #womenwhopaint #aboriginalartist
In Melbourne this weekend?
Salt Contemporary Art in partnership with Everywhen Art and the Artists of Ampilatwatja are presenting
Aketh-Aketh - (Becoming Light)
The early light of dawn is celebrated in this
evocative exhibition of new paintings by artists of the community of Ampilatwatja, NT.
Well known for their detailed, luminously coloured paintings of bush medicine plants and views of country, the 15 artists in this exhibition have depicted their lands illuminated by the first rays of the sun.
February 6 - March 2, 2025
📷Denise Ngwarraye Bonney
@saltcontemporaryart
@everywhenartspace
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#indigenousart #painting #ampilatwatja #australianartists #saltcontemporaryart #exhibition
In Melbourne this weekend?
Salt Contemporary Art in partnership with Everywhen Art and the Artists of Ampilatwatja are presenting
Aketh-Aketh - (Becoming Light)
The early light of dawn is celebrated in this
evocative exhibition of new paintings by artists of the community of Ampilatwatja, NT.
Well known for their detailed, luminously coloured paintings of bush medicine plants and views of country, the 15 artists in this exhibition have depicted their lands illuminated by the first rays of the sun.
February 6 - March 2, 2025
📷Denise Ngwarraye Bonney
@saltcontemporaryart
@everywhenartspace
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#indigenousart #painting #ampilatwatja #australianartists #saltcontemporaryart #exhibition
We are learning to spin the printing wheel, we are all teaching each other today. Thursdays are for bush flowers and bush medicine plants.
📷Sevania Kemarre Bonney & Kathleen Nanima Rambler
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#printing #linoprinting #bushflowers #bushmedicineplants #aboriginalart #remoteartcentre #womenwhoprint
We are learning to spin the printing wheel, we are all teaching each other today. Thursdays are for bush flowers and bush medicine plants.
📷Sevania Kemarre Bonney & Kathleen Nanima Rambler
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#printing #linoprinting #bushflowers #bushmedicineplants #aboriginalart #remoteartcentre #womenwhoprint
It’s been a busy week learning how to operate the printing press the safe way. The Artists of Ampilatwatja have also been carving some stunning lino blocks. One by one our collection of prints is growing. 🙏🏽 @peta.west.artist for showing us the right way.
📷 Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney
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#printing #linoprint #remoteartcentre #aboriginalartist #elizabethngwarrayebonney #blackandwhite #prints
It’s been a busy week learning how to operate the printing press the safe way. The Artists of Ampilatwatja have also been carving some stunning lino blocks. One by one our collection of prints is growing. 🙏🏽 @peta.west.artist for showing us the right way.
📷 Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney
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#printing #linoprint #remoteartcentre #aboriginalartist #elizabethngwarrayebonney #blackandwhite #prints
Thank you @michaelreid.southernhighlands we love seeing the beautiful photos of ‘Edie And Her Daughters’ exhibition.
My fathers’ country is Antarrengeny; my mothers’ country is Akwerantye. We paint because we enjoy it.” Edie paints her country, “Apmer Mwerrangker”, meaning beautiful country. “If I’m not painting, I like to go hunting for goanna and bush potato. I hope in the future, I can just keep going around here.” Edie has continued to develop her own style, and she is easily recognised by her ghost gum trees and fine dot work. She was also one of the original artists in the Utopian Batik movement in the 1980’s. Edie, Alana and Joyrene depict Antarrengeny, “when there has been no rain and the land shimmers like jewels. It is the open flat country, after a bushfire, when only the young grasses and the trees are growing and where there is good hunting.” as Edie so beautifully describes it.
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#gallery #southernhighlands #michaelreidsouthernhighlands #aboriginalart #painting #bushflowers #desert #landscapes #womenwhopaint #ampilatwatja #joyrenengwarrayeholmes #alanangwarrayeholmes #ediekemarreholmes
Thank you @michaelreid.southernhighlands we love seeing the beautiful photos of ‘Edie And Her Daughters’ exhibition.
My fathers’ country is Antarrengeny; my mothers’ country is Akwerantye. We paint because we enjoy it.” Edie paints her country, “Apmer Mwerrangker”, meaning beautiful country. “If I’m not painting, I like to go hunting for goanna and bush potato. I hope in the future, I can just keep going around here.” Edie has continued to develop her own style, and she is easily recognised by her ghost gum trees and fine dot work. She was also one of the original artists in the Utopian Batik movement in the 1980’s. Edie, Alana and Joyrene depict Antarrengeny, “when there has been no rain and the land shimmers like jewels. It is the open flat country, after a bushfire, when only the young grasses and the trees are growing and where there is good hunting.” as Edie so beautifully describes it.
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#gallery #southernhighlands #michaelreidsouthernhighlands #aboriginalart #painting #bushflowers #desert #landscapes #womenwhopaint #ampilatwatja #joyrenengwarrayeholmes #alanangwarrayeholmes #ediekemarreholmes
After a long hot summer the Artists of Ampilatwatja are happy to be straight back into some creative projects for 2025. Thanks to @peta.west.artist for training us how to use the press.
📷Kathleen Nanima Rambler
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#aboriginalartcentre #printing #printingpress #aboriginalart #bushflowers #bushmedicine #desertlandscapes #kathleennanimarambler
After a long hot summer the Artists of Ampilatwatja are happy to be straight back into some creative projects for 2025. Thanks to @peta.west.artist for training us how to use the press.
📷Kathleen Nanima Rambler
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#aboriginalartcentre #printing #printingpress #aboriginalart #bushflowers #bushmedicine #desertlandscapes #kathleennanimarambler
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney paints her Grandmothers country, when she watches the distant hills she can feel her grandmother.
Visit our website (link in bio) to view more of Elizabeth’s unique landscapes and original paintings by the Artists of Ampilatwatja.
After a long hot summer ☀️ the art centre will be re-opening towards the end of January 2025. All online orders will be despatched early February.
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#australianartists #australianlandscapepainting #aboriginalart #womenwhopaint #womenwhohunt #indigenousart #remoteartcentre #elizabethngwarrayebonney #northernterritoryaustralia
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney paints her Grandmothers country, when she watches the distant hills she can feel her grandmother.
Visit our website (link in bio) to view more of Elizabeth’s unique landscapes and original paintings by the Artists of Ampilatwatja.
After a long hot summer ☀️ the art centre will be re-opening towards the end of January 2025. All online orders will be despatched early February.
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#australianartists #australianlandscapepainting #aboriginalart #womenwhopaint #womenwhohunt #indigenousart #remoteartcentre #elizabethngwarrayebonney #northernterritoryaustralia
EDIE AND HER DAUGHTERS
Michael Reid Gallery Southern Highlands
January 23 2025 - February 23 2025
A beautifully curated exhibition is heading towards the rolling hills of the Southern Highlands @michaelreid.southernhighlands
Edie Kemarre Holmes was born near the mining town of Hatches Creek, Northern Territory, where she was raised with her four brothers and her sister. She enjoys life at Ampilatwatja with her children and grandchildren and paints at the art centre alongside her daughters Joyrene Ngwarraye Holmes and Alana Ngwarraye Holmes, who are also both talented and well respected artists. Art, country and culture are all essential to their way of life in Ampilatwatja.
“My fathers’ country is Antarrengeny; my mothers’ country is Akwerantye. We paint because we enjoy it.” Edie paints her country, “Apmer Mwerrangker”, meaning beautiful country.“If I’m not painting, I like to go hunting for goanna and bush potato. I hope in the future, I can just keep going around here.”Edie has continued to develop her own style, and she is easily recognised by her ghost gum trees and fine dot work. She was also one of the original artists in the Utopian Batik movement in the 1980’s.Edie, Alana and Joyrene depict Antarrengeny, “when there has been no rain and the land shimmers like jewels”.
📷Joyrene Ngwarraye Homes & Grandson
📷Eddie Kemarre Holmes & Alana Ngwarraye Holmes - photographer @david_prichard
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#ediekemarreholmes #alanangwarrayeholmes #joyrenengwarrayeholmes #michaelreidgallery #southernhighlands #aboriginalart #womenwhopaint #remoteartcentre #northernterritory
EDIE AND HER DAUGHTERS
Michael Reid Gallery Southern Highlands
January 23 2025 - February 23 2025
A beautifully curated exhibition is heading towards the rolling hills of the Southern Highlands @michaelreid.southernhighlands
Edie Kemarre Holmes was born near the mining town of Hatches Creek, Northern Territory, where she was raised with her four brothers and her sister. She enjoys life at Ampilatwatja with her children and grandchildren and paints at the art centre alongside her daughters Joyrene Ngwarraye Holmes and Alana Ngwarraye Holmes, who are also both talented and well respected artists. Art, country and culture are all essential to their way of life in Ampilatwatja.
“My fathers’ country is Antarrengeny; my mothers’ country is Akwerantye. We paint because we enjoy it.” Edie paints her country, “Apmer Mwerrangker”, meaning beautiful country.“If I’m not painting, I like to go hunting for goanna and bush potato. I hope in the future, I can just keep going around here.”Edie has continued to develop her own style, and she is easily recognised by her ghost gum trees and fine dot work. She was also one of the original artists in the Utopian Batik movement in the 1980’s.Edie, Alana and Joyrene depict Antarrengeny, “when there has been no rain and the land shimmers like jewels”.
📷Joyrene Ngwarraye Homes & Grandson
📷Eddie Kemarre Holmes & Alana Ngwarraye Holmes - photographer @david_prichard
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#ediekemarreholmes #alanangwarrayeholmes #joyrenengwarrayeholmes #michaelreidgallery #southernhighlands #aboriginalart #womenwhopaint #remoteartcentre #northernterritory
Meet sisters Nancy & Rita
“When we paint we think about good memories, being young girls and walking through the land. Our mother made paint from two stones and showed us ceremony painting and how to sing and dance for ceremonies. We still sing and dance and collect the bush medicines, we like to make tea from the small purple flowers of Arreth (hill fuchsia).
Painting bush medicine stories is important to us because it helps to keep strong culture for the community.” Nancy Pitjara Frank & Rita Pitjara Beasley
To view more unique paintings by Nancy & Rita head over to our website. Link in bio
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#aboriginalart #unique #paintings #australianartists #womenwhopaint #bushmedicine #desertlandscapes #northernterritoryaustralia
Meet sisters Nancy & Rita
“When we paint we think about good memories, being young girls and walking through the land. Our mother made paint from two stones and showed us ceremony painting and how to sing and dance for ceremonies. We still sing and dance and collect the bush medicines, we like to make tea from the small purple flowers of Arreth (hill fuchsia).
Painting bush medicine stories is important to us because it helps to keep strong culture for the community.” Nancy Pitjara Frank & Rita Pitjara Beasley
To view more unique paintings by Nancy & Rita head over to our website. Link in bio
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#aboriginalart #unique #paintings #australianartists #womenwhopaint #bushmedicine #desertlandscapes #northernterritoryaustralia
As the year draws to an end, all of us here at the Artists of Ampilatwatja would like to thank you for your support throughout 2024 ❤️💛🖤
The art centre will be closed during the hot ☀️month of January, our online sales will remain open though delivery won’t take place till early February 2025 - greatness is worth waiting for.
Stay cool, stay safe.
📷Susan Ngwarrarye Philomac
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#painting #aboriginalart #remoteartcentre #australianlandscapepainting #bushmedicine #desertlandscapes #womenwhopaint #barkleyregion #alywarrecountry #northernterritoryaustralia
As the year draws to an end, all of us here at the Artists of Ampilatwatja would like to thank you for your support throughout 2024 ❤️💛🖤
The art centre will be closed during the hot ☀️month of January, our online sales will remain open though delivery won’t take place till early February 2025 - greatness is worth waiting for.
Stay cool, stay safe.
📷Susan Ngwarrarye Philomac
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#painting #aboriginalart #remoteartcentre #australianlandscapepainting #bushmedicine #desertlandscapes #womenwhopaint #barkleyregion #alywarrecountry #northernterritoryaustralia
This exquisite painting was worth waiting for - Joyrene Ngwarraye Holmes and her grandson (The Supervisor) have finally finished ‘Wildflowers’, for our summer gallery show at @michaelreid.southern-highlands .
Congratulations Joyrene and all the hard working Artists of Ampilatwatja, what a year!
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#wildflowers #bushflowers #summer #painting #aboriginalart #michaelreidsouthernhighlands #remoteartcentre #womenwhopaint #desertliving #northernterritoryaustralia #joyrenengwarrayeholmes
This exquisite painting was worth waiting for - Joyrene Ngwarraye Holmes and her grandson (The Supervisor) have finally finished ‘Wildflowers’, for our summer gallery show at @michaelreid.southern-highlands .
Congratulations Joyrene and all the hard working Artists of Ampilatwatja, what a year!
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#wildflowers #bushflowers #summer #painting #aboriginalart #michaelreidsouthernhighlands #remoteartcentre #womenwhopaint #desertliving #northernterritoryaustralia #joyrenengwarrayeholmes
Rain, rain, rain. Desert storms are the best, big rain means lots of bush flowers.
📷Bush Flowers - Bettrina Pula Bundey
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#bushflowers #rain #desertstorms #painting #aboriginalart #womenwhopaint #australianartists #alyawarrcountry #northerterritoryaustralia
Rain, rain, rain. Desert storms are the best, big rain means lots of bush flowers.
📷Bush Flowers - Bettrina Pula Bundey
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#bushflowers #rain #desertstorms #painting #aboriginalart #womenwhopaint #australianartists #alyawarrcountry #northerterritoryaustralia
What a week! As the year starts to wind down our artists have been busy 🐝completing major works for our summer gallery exhibitions. Here is Kathleen’s layered masterpiece - finely created with absolute attention to detail - dot by dot. Congratulations to all the hard working Artists of Ampilatwatja - what a year!
📷My Fathers Country - Kathleen Nanima Rambler
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#aboriginalart #painting #womenwhopaint #australianlandscapepainting #galleryexhibition #michaelreidsydney #summer #kathleennanimarambler #northernterritoryaustralia
What a week! As the year starts to wind down our artists have been busy 🐝completing major works for our summer gallery exhibitions. Here is Kathleen’s layered masterpiece - finely created with absolute attention to detail - dot by dot. Congratulations to all the hard working Artists of Ampilatwatja - what a year!
📷My Fathers Country - Kathleen Nanima Rambler
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#aboriginalart #painting #womenwhopaint #australianlandscapepainting #galleryexhibition #michaelreidsydney #summer #kathleennanimarambler #northernterritoryaustralia