The finished Cross, a Special Commission
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Painting the Cross in the Gallery
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Audrey was born in Ernabella, South Australia in 1967.
Community: Pitjantjatjara
Language : Anangu
She was a school teacher there for many years, and now resides in Adelaide, South Australia.
Audrey paints at a number of Galleries and is often at Glenelg Art where she paints, or holds workshops.
A very religious lady, Audrey has painted here the story of Water – the importance of water to everyone, the relationship of water to desert life, and its’ place throughout the Bible.
Her work on the Cross reflects travelling through Pitjantjatjara Yankuny Tjatjara Lands with her people, settling at the meeting places around the Waterholes, and the sand dunes around them, which is her Country, where she connects with the Dreamtime.
Timber of the Cross is custom made in Adelaide and is of Western Red Cedar.
Measurements 45cm high and 7cm wide, 2cm thick, cross bar is 30cm long, and is Certified as treated, safe for export) Community
Community: Pitjantjatjara
Language : Anangu
She was a school teacher there for many years, and now resides in Adelaide, South Australia.
Audrey paints at a number of Galleries and is often at Glenelg Art where she paints, or holds workshops.
A very religious lady, Audrey has painted here the story of Water – the importance of water to everyone, the relationship of water to desert life, and its’ place throughout the Bible.
Her work on the Cross reflects travelling through Pitjantjatjara Yankuny Tjatjara Lands with her people, settling at the meeting places around the Waterholes, and the sand dunes around them, which is her Country, where she connects with the Dreamtime.
Timber of the Cross is custom made in Adelaide and is of Western Red Cedar.
Measurements 45cm high and 7cm wide, 2cm thick, cross bar is 30cm long, and is Certified as treated, safe for export) Community
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Audrey Brumby with "Medicine Ceremony Paint" acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm ubstretched
Audrey with her daughter and niece hold Audrey's painting about Women Gathering Wild Tobacco. A beautiful fresh painting showing the plants and the paths the ladies take to collect tobacco.
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Afternoon painting with Audrey
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Audrey's Twirling Medicine Leaves & Seeds
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Spring Medicine Leaves and Seeds twirling in the winds" 100 x 50cm unstretched
Story's about Women's Business Out Bush
Audrey Brumby Women's Gathering
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Audrey with "Women Sharing Fire"
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Stores about Rock holes and WaterSprings
Looking after natural water resources is a very important job for Aboriginal Communities. They women will clear out leaves and everyone treats these areas with respect and they are happy places that provide water.
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On behalf of the Gallery we firstly acknowledge the land now known as Australia belonged to a Nation of People, widely sophisticated, Aboriginal people of Culture, With Gratitude to our Elders past, present and emerging, the Country's ancient Cultural heritage. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.
We hope that by sharing the Stories of the Artworks more attention is paid to the land supporting us through the emmense Generational Knowledge of this Country Aboriginal people have. |