Bush Food - Pauline Downs, 2024 Acrylic

Bush Food - Pauline Downs, 2024 AcrylicThe roots of the lily pad can be roasted and eaten. They are found in billabongs and springs and have a beautiful flower. You can see the flowers that come up after the rain season. All the flowers and animals that come round the billabong. Pauline Downs Acrylic on Canvas 60 x 60cm Please Note: All artworks on canvas are delivered unstretched and rolled to ensure safe and efficient delivery. All artworks purchases will include artist biographies and

Daisy Japulija

and also used for a black dye or paint

my brother Boxer told me this story

Them old people tell the young ones to go down and get some sugarleaf for cooking

you can eat it cooked or sometimes dry

Where l  use to walk as a young men going hunter with my families and showed me and teach me how to hunt and to live on this land

THESE ARE GOOD TO EAT

It's an important story for the Kimberley

This painting is about the tali (Sandhills) and the bush flowers that come out after the hot weather rain

not as big as that cheeky snake Wirnpa

goanna anyone

They spread like carpet everywhere after a good rain