Bush Medicine by Joycie Morton Petyarre

Bush Medicine by Joycie Morton PetyarreThe plants depicted in Joycie's painting are found in the country around Amperlatwatye in Central Australia and are used for making bush medicine. One is a desert flower Joycie calls yoomba loomba, used for soothing skin infections by way of an ointment, and another is called apeng which, in addition to an ointment, can be mixed with water and made into a drink to help with coughs and colds. Painting bush medicine stories is important because it helps

soaking them in water again before being consumed

Nakita has family all across Central Australia but the dense bushy land of Amperlatwatye is where she calls home

Angelina has illustrated some of the Aboriginal women and doctors covered in awelye (body paint designs)

Angelina tells the story that these creatures can be known to come out of their homes and steal and hide the babies in the community

It is a neutral matte black in this painting but

Country: Ilkawerne

Cadmium Red

north of Utopia in Central Australia

it creates grey with a cool

Why It's Great

Nakita adores animals and the nomadic bush turkey

180cm w x 120cm h x 2cm d