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| 'Bush Plum' (Arnekety Dreaming), Gladdy Kemarre, 71 x 84 cm. Acrylics on Belgian Linen |
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| Dancing Ladies' Gladdy Kamarre, Acrylic on Belgian linen, 94 x94 cm' |
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At dusk each day, women begin the verses at the song cycle that tells us the ancestor coming to that place. The song 'brings' the power closer, with each verse naming the country or plants and telling of incidents along the way. Women paint their upper bodies with ochre during this phase and sing and 'dance' the Ancestor along. These Ancestors may appear as super powerful humans or in the form of animals such as Ants, or snakes or Kangaroo's.' ( an extract from 'Spirit Country' by Jennifer Isaac's)
At dusk each day, women begin the verses at the song cycle that tells us the ancestor coming to that place. The song 'brings' the power closer, with each verse naming the country or plants and telling of incidents along the way. Women paint their upper bodies with ochre during this phase and sing and 'dance' the Ancestor along. These Ancestors may appear as super powerful humans or in the form of animals such as Ants, or snakes or Kangaroo's.' ( an extract from 'Spirit Country' by Jennifer Isaac's)
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| Polly Ngala, 'Bush Plum', 2009, 148 x 68 cm, Acrylic on Belgian Linen. |
Utopian Artists, Gladdy Kamarre and Polly Ngala produce beautiful paintings based on Their traditional 'Dreaming' (Tjukurrpa) "Bush Plum Dreaming. Polly Ngala is the senior custodian of Bush Plum Dreaming.
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