Mother Country Lilly-kelly-tag Occasional red within an otherwise

Occasional red within an otherwise white or off-white grass painting indicates that some fire is still burning

1998 Araluen Arts Centre

Kukika Adamson was born in 1950

Hot Water Spring II done in black and a pinkish red colour made by mixing red and white ochre

is a series of sacred and mythological song cycles which describe the epic journey of the Ancestors in the Dreamtime (Tjukurrpa) as they travelled through the land creating particular sites and teaching Aboriginal law

Mother Country Lilly-kelly-tag Occasional red within an otherwiseMy Mothers Country is the title of this painting. In these works, Barbara pays homage to her maternal ancestors, their lands, their dreamings and their way of life.