Authentic, Affordable, Amazing Art

Bessie was born around 1960 in the Utopia area of the Northern Territory and is an Anmatyerre speaker. She began her artistic career in batik, like many of the women in Utopia. She then started painting on canvas and was taught by her mother, the well known artist Polly Ngala.

Bessie Pitjara - Bush Plum

Bessie paints the dreamtime stories passed down from her mother and her aunties, Kathleen Ngala and Angeline Pwerle Ngala. The main dreaming is the Bush Plum(Arnwekety).

The Bush Plum is an important source of food for bush women. Bessie’s paintings depict the Bush Plum and the effect of it’s growth patterns on her country. She builds layer upon layer of colour, creating a multi-dimensional effect, to reveal the Bush Plum and her country(Arlparra) in all it’s glory.

Bessie is an emerging artist of great talent.

Size 0.97 x 0.63 m -  Framed

Price $850

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