Ampilatwatja by Lulu Teece Petyarre
Title: Ampilatwatja
ID: 0871206
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 120x89 cm
Artist: Lulu Teece Petyarre
This Aboriginal artwork is strikingly different from that of other Aboriginal paintings from the Utopia region in Central Australia. The landscape depicted is that of Ampilatwatja
country. The finely dotted landscape is mapping of the country or place the artist has custodianship over. It also reflects all the different bush medicines and bush tucker food available. The beauty of the landscapes comes from a close association with the land, being on it, sitting down on it. The artistic inspiration comes nature, and the a deep understanding of the earth they walk upon.
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