Bush Medicine Dreaming Lilly-kelly-tag and Body Paint

and Body Paint

Interest in her work developed quickly

Ngarralja is an important person for art and culture in Fitzroy Crossing

We hadn’t seen one before

Mitjili was born around 1945 at Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and passed away in 2019

Bush Medicine Dreaming Lilly-kelly-tag and Body PaintGlorias Leaves, also known as Bush Medicine Leaves, are among the most popular and frequently painted images in Australian art. The Leaves paintings depict bush medicine leaves that fall seasonally to the ground, forming rhythmic, swirling patterns. These leaves come from the Eremophila dalyana shrub, commonly known as Desert Fuchsia. For generations, Glorias clan has used this shrub as the basis for a bush medicine believed to help with kidney