This magnificent artwork of fine detail refers to leaves of great importance's from the artist ancestral country of Utopia in central Australia.

The leaves are collected by the Aboriginal women, boiled, kangaroo resin added and mixed into a paste, which is used by Aboriginal people , as bush medicine to treat a variety of ailments. It is also celebrated in their awelye ceremonies

If you would like to know more about the Bush Leaf Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:

• Bush Medicine
• Aboriginal Women
• Utopia Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert