Bush Tucker Size:115 x 145 cm My Mother’s Country is the

My Mother’s Country is the title of this painting

Phyllis was also a singer and dancer with the Neminuwarlin Performance Group in its production of Fire

This story is about the Anumara (Caterpillar) travelling from WA to the north-west of South Australia

or Dreamings

an Aboriginal Warlpiri woman

Bush Tucker Size:115 x 145 cm My Mother’s Country is theLorna Fencer Napurrula was born in the 1920s in the Tanami Desert in Central Australia. She was among the first Aboriginal artists who took up painting with acrylic on canvas and linen in her community of Lajamanu. As a prominent elder she not only maintained but strengthened her cultural identity through her paintings and ceremonies. Lorna passed away in 2006 but her art will survive generations. In 2007 she was named one of Australias 50 most