Medicine Leaves MK17112 Monochrome Molly (Maluya) Jugadai Napaltjarri paints

Molly (Maluya) Jugadai Napaltjarri paints depictions of her country west of Alice Springs in Central Australia

The small circles represent mulju (water soakages) and the short bars mangkurdu (cumulus and stratocumulus clouds)

Shirley Purdie is a senior Gija artist from the East Kimberley region of Western Australia

George’s painting ‘Tingari Cycle’ represents specific sacred sites located in his ancestral country

the concentric circle in the concentric circle in the middle of the painting is the possum’s burrow

Medicine Leaves MK17112 Monochrome Molly (Maluya) Jugadai Napaltjarri paintsYear: 2010 Size: 117 x 178cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Gloria's depiction of 'Medicine Leaves', a native bush that grows on Gloria's homelands in Central Australia. The leaves are collected by the women of the Anmatyerre tribe and used for traditional healing.