My Country MK17896 Dr George Ward Tjapaltjarri The bush is a highly

The bush is a highly resilient

Nowadays the Warlpiri women go out on food gathering trips and teach the children which berries to collect and how to locate the goanna holes

It is her mother’s story

‘Awelye’ or body painting designs also feature in this painting

or Sandhills located near her homelands of Kunantjarra

My Country MK17896 Dr George Ward Tjapaltjarri The bush is a highlyYear: 2013 Size: 89 x 90cm acrylic on linen In this painting Maureen has depicted the country surrounding her homelands at Yuelamu, 290 km northwest of Alice Springs in Central Australia, also known as Mt Allan. The story was passed to her by her mother and shows the topographical layout of the land and water holes that play a vital source to the traditional Aboriginal people. The locations of various waterway and water sources were taught to children