Bush Garden by Barbara Weir
Title: Bush Garden
ID: 10032099
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 183x120 cm
Artist: Barbara Weir
The artwork depicts a topographical view of the many types of bush seeds, wild flowers, fruits, spinifex grasses, olive Mulga trees and scattered bush scrubs. Simply, a beautiful bush garden witch covers the desert landscape of her mothers country Atnwengerrp
in central Australia
The composition of colour and shape variations points to the geography and intimate knowledge of locations of significant bush tucker ceremonies.
Barbara's Mothers is the acclaimed Utopia artist Minnie Pwerle, who passed away in 2006.
If you would like to know more about Bush Garden and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles or to view video footage of women applying body paint designs: -
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