The painting depicts various edible plants (bush tucker) Aboriginal women gather, a staple food source for Aboriginal people living in Central Australia.

Aboriginal women pay homage in their ceremonies with many song lines and dance cycles to ensure perpetual germination.

Plants and seeds illustrated are:

• The green vine in the middle represents the bush banana
• The half circle top and bottom represents the bush plum
• The half circle to the left represents the bush tomato
• The half circle to the right represents the bush potato
• Yellow and purple (top) hues represent the seeds to make damper
• Green and yellow (bottom) hues represent the seed of the bush tomato

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

• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal Women