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"Bush Medicine Leaves" by Bernadine Johnson

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"Bush Medicine Leaves" by Bernadine JohnsonSize: 88 x 60 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Commission Work Available Bernadine Kemarre is a rising star in contemporary Aboriginal art. She was born in 1974 in the Ltyentye Apurte Community (Santa Teresa), approximately 80km east of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, and had a traditional upbringing before attending school in Alice Springs. Bernadine comes from a family of famous artists, including Abie Loy and Josie Petrick Kemarre, who have emerged

Size: 88 x 60 cm

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

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Bernadine Kemarre is a rising star in contemporary Aboriginal art. She was born in 1974 in the Ltyentye Apurte Community (Santa Teresa), approximately 80km east of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, and had a traditional upbringing before attending school in Alice Springs.

Bernadine comes from a family of famous artists, including Abie Loy and Josie Petrick Kemarre, who have emerged from the Utopia area in the NT. Her sister-in-law is Anna Price Petyarre, one of Central Desert's most sought-after artists. From a young age, she learned to paint her dreams, ceremonies, and essential bush foods onto canvas.

Bernadine lives with her husband, Steven, and their children in Napperby Station, NT. Her artworks are intricate and colourful, and she is an artist sure to succeed.

Artwork Story

The medicine bush leaves depicted were originally of the Kurrajong tree, of 
which some 30 varieties date back 50 million years. They scale from 
small shrubs to massive trees some 30 metres in height. The larger trees' trunks are used to store water, but the leaves have medicinal 
purposes. 


The women of Utopia, the remote region far to the west of Alice Springs, where 
Jeannie’s people gather the bush leaves, boil them and then mash 
them with animal fats (kangaroo, emu or goanna) making a medicinal poultice 
or paste that can last for many months. The paste is used to heal many afflictions, such as bites, wounds, skin infections, rashes and skin cancer. The 
bush leaves are boiled in hot water to make an infusion or healing tea. 
Other preparations were used as insect repellent or were thrown into the 
water to stun the fish.

The desirability of the artwork

Admirers of the medicine bush leaf paintings often observe their mesmerizing 
attraction. People are captivated by how the paintings appear in motion in 
front of their eyes, like the leaves on the canvas are blowing in the 
wind. Many buyers and collectors of medicine bush leaf artworks both in 
Australia, America and Europe are medical specialists who buy the works 
to hang in their consulting rooms to show Aboriginal artwork with medical 
connotations.

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