The painting depicts leaves from a distinctive plant gathered by the Aboriginal women from Utopia, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia. The leaves are boiled, kangaroo resin added and mixed into a paste. This bush medicine is used by Aboriginal people to aid a variety of ailments and is celebrated in women's ceremony.

The video interview for this painting Bush Medicine Dreaming - Video Interview with Aboriginal Artist Gloria Petyarre can be viewed in our Aboriginal Art & Paintings Articles.