CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Colleen Ngwarraye Morton

Collen has enjoyed painting for many years, especially out bush. She was one of the original artists in the Utopian batik movement in the 1980s and has been successfully painting ever since. Her strong and elegant representation of the central Australian landscape has earned her much praise and she has fast become one of the most popular artists from Ampilatwatja. Her paintings often depict her grandfather's country where her family have hunted for many years. As a child she was taught about the seasonal bush medicines and the plants that grew there and how to gather them. The elders would teach the importance of looking after country and that sacred ancestral spirits watch over and protect the animals and plants.
The layers of Colleen's paintings are as detailed and complex as the stories she paints. Her paintings help tp keep her culture strong and keep the stories alive to be shared and used to educate current and future generations.

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