KATHLEEN NGAL - BUSH PLUM

 KATHLEEN NGAL
BUSH PLUM,  2010
91 x 120 cm
synthetic polymer paint on linen
 
PROVENANCE
Utopia, NT
Lauraine Diggens Fine Art, MelbourneCoo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney 
 
STORY
Arlperre is a significant site on Utopia Station. This is country that belongs to the Kngale and Kemarre custodians who paint the Bush Plum or Conkleberry, which thrives for one in every seven years after huge storms. The orange, red, blue purple colours represent different degrees of ripeness of the plum with the purple indicating it is suitable to eat. The final flourish of white dots over laying the canvas represent the sun dried leaves, seeds, husks and grasses of Arlperre.