Amwekety (Bush Plum), 1999 by Gracie Pwerle (Purle) Morton 41x41cm Cat 4183GM

With a background of ochre red like the rich desert soil, Gracie has used soft green/grey delicate dotting along with white to depict many native grasses endemic to her country in the Central Desert region of Australia. There is a lovely movement, like grass blowing in the wind, particularly during the winter season.

Gracie is one of the senior traditional custodians for the Bush Plum Dreaming which is associated with her traditional country, Mosquito Bore some 263 kms north of Alice Springs. This is a prostrate plant, which grows in a great profusion of colour after the fall of rain but very quickly disintegrates after long hot summer months. It is a small fruit with black seeds that can be eaten raw or cooked to make bush damper and has an extremely high vitamin C content.