Amwekety (Bush Plum), 2001 by Gracie Pwerle Morton, 152x122cm, Cat 6186GM

Gracie depicts her Bush Plum ( Amwekety ) Dreaming, which is associated with her traditional country of Mosquito Bore some 263 kms north of Alice Springs.

Using an aerial perspective Gracie’s delicate dotting and colour variation depicts the surrounding landscape during summer months when seeds from the Bush Plum are split open and the husks are strewn over the ground.

The Bush Plum 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.