Bush Medicine Leaves, size 900 x 600 mm.

Dreaming: The leaves of the Kurrajong tree are significant to women of Utopia and their medicinal uses are wide. The trees are believed to have existed for longer than aboriginal culture and their leaves have been collected, dried and then boiled to make poultices and healing herbal drinks for many thousands of years.  

Artist's Language/Country: Anmatyerre/Antnangkere NT. Born c. 1940, Mosquito Bore, Utopia, NT. Read artists bio.

Painted:  2008
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian linen. 
Certificate of Authenticity - Artist signed on back.