Wildflowers, 2008 by Jeannie Nakamarra Daniels, 122x76cm, Cat 13545JD

This painting is part of a body of work that Jeannie painted whilst staying with her mother's sister, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, in Alice Springs. An auntie is a very important relationship in Aboriginal culture as this is how traditional knowledge is passed on with particular emphasis on cultural stories.

The background of this beautiful colourful work depicts wildflowers which are used as a bush medicine when crushed up with water to use as rubbing ointment for burns, scabies etc.

The associated country depicted is close to Mina Mina, in the Tanami Desert where her mother (Balgo artist, Sarah Daniels Napanangka) grew up as a young girl.