Bush Medicine Leaves, 2018

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

150 x 145 cm

$5,500

Provenance: Palya Proper Fine Art, Alice Springs, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Artwork story: Jeannie depicts the movement of the leaves through the trees and the leaves floating to the ground,this sense of motion is seen throughout her paintings. This story relates to a native tree which grows abundantly in the desert regions of Utopia.The green leaves are gathered by women and ground with a stone.When mixed with water this forms a medicinal solution for coughs and colds. This Bush Medicine has been passed down over thousands of years and many generations.

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b. c.1952 / 1961

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

150 x 145 cm

$5,500

Provenance: Palya Proper Fine Art, Alice Springs, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Artwork story: Jeannie depicts the movement of the leaves through the trees and the leaves floating to the ground,this sense of motion is seen throughout her paintings. This story relates to a native tree which grows abundantly in the desert regions of Utopia.The green leaves are gathered by women and ground with a stone.When mixed with water this forms a medicinal solution for coughs and colds. This Bush Medicine has been passed down over thousands of years and many generations.