Title: Bush Tomato Dreaming
ID: 09021501
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 30x28 cm
Artist: Raymond Walters Japanangka
The painting depicts the vibrant colours found on the Kutjuta (Tomato) plant and fruit during different seasons. Kutjuta is a Bush Tomato which is still harvested and eaten.
Kutjuta is the fruit eaten by the Old Man Turkey and Emu during the creation of Ngarleyekwerlang.
In 1988 Biologist Peter Latz decided to follow up stories he’d heard and investigated reports of the giant pumpkins in an area about 200 kilometres north east of Alice Springs, a place near Ti Tree, that’s in Anmatyerre country and getting close to the centre of Australia. What he found was a new species of native sweet potato, which grows in very low nutrition soil, making it an ideal food crop for soil depleted countries. These certain Bush Potato grows only in this region. He went and had a look and got the right Aboriginal people from that country, my grandfather’s country and they took him down and showed him. He described them like an underground pumpkin because the top part grows like a pumpkin but it’s got these huge tubers under the ground. You’ve got to have the knowledge of Aboriginal people to be able to find them because once the vines are separated it’s very difficult to trace the potatoes.
If you would like to know more about Bush Tomato Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
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Printed on the Certificate of Provenance is a copyright acknowledgement that reads as follows:
This work is copyright. The copyright is owned by the Artist and his/her people. This painting may not be reproduced in part, in whole, or in any other form without the permission of the Artist or his/her inheritors clearly in writing, with all knowledge prior to final proof to the family concerned – then only when clearance has been approved.
Description
The painting depicts the vibrant colours found on the Kutjuta (Tomato) plant and fruit during different seasons. Kutjuta is a Bush Tomato which is still harvested and eaten.
Kutjuta is the fruit eaten by the Old Man Turkey and Emu during the creation of Ngarleyekwerlang.
In 1988 Biologist Peter Latz decided to follow up stories he’d heard and investigated reports of the giant pumpkins in an area about 200 kilometres north east of Alice Springs, a place near Ti Tree, that’s in Anmatyerre country and getting close to the centre of Australia. What he found was a new species of native sweet potato, which grows in very low nutrition soil, making it an ideal food crop for soil depleted countries. These certain Bush Potato grows only in this region. He went and had a look and got the right Aboriginal people from that country, my grandfather’s country and they took him down and showed him. He described them like an underground pumpkin because the top part grows like a pumpkin but it’s got these huge tubers under the ground. You’ve got to have the knowledge of Aboriginal people to be able to find them because once the vines are separated it’s very difficult to trace the potatoes.
If you would like to know more about Bush Tomato Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 30x28 cm
Artist: Raymond Walters Japanangka
The painting depicts the vibrant colours found on the Kutjuta (Tomato) plant and fruit during different seasons. Kutjuta is a Bush Tomato which is still harvested and eaten.
Kutjuta is the fruit eaten by the Old Man Turkey and Emu during the creation of Ngarleyekwerlang.
In 1988 Biologist Peter Latz decided to follow up stories he’d heard and investigated reports of the giant pumpkins in an area about 200 kilometres north east of Alice Springs, a place near Ti Tree, that’s in Anmatyerre country and getting close to the centre of Australia. What he found was a new species of native sweet potato, which grows in very low nutrition soil, making it an ideal food crop for soil depleted countries. These certain Bush Potato grows only in this region. He went and had a look and got the right Aboriginal people from that country, my grandfather’s country and they took him down and showed him. He described them like an underground pumpkin because the top part grows like a pumpkin but it’s got these huge tubers under the ground. You’ve got to have the knowledge of Aboriginal people to be able to find them because once the vines are separated it’s very difficult to trace the potatoes.
If you would like to know more about Bush Tomato Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:
An Australian Aboriginal artwork should always be issued with a Certificate of Provenance, also known as a Certificate of Authenticity. This document contains vital information on the artist, as well as details about the artwork itself. When selling on an artwork, please ensure that this document is passed on. Authenticity of Provenance means that the origin or authorship of a work of art has been correctly identified.
Central Art follows a well defined provenance and authenticity process to ensure that we are an exemplar in our business practice . Careful and detailed documentation follows – each work is given a catalogue number, inscribed on the back of the artwork with the Central Art stamped logo, the artist's signature and the title of the work.
Printed on the Certificate of Provenance is a copyright acknowledgement that reads as follows:
This work is copyright. The copyright is owned by the Artist and his/her people. This painting may not be reproduced in part, in whole, or in any other form without the permission of the Artist or his/her inheritors clearly in writing, with all knowledge prior to final proof to the family concerned – then only when clearance has been approved.
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