Kurrajong Dreaming
Mary Kemarre Morton
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About Artwork
Code: EDA-MM1333/11
Artist: Mary Kemarre Morton
Region: Utopia, Central Australia
Medium: Polymer acrylic on canvas
Size: 70cm x 120cm
Artist Information
Mary Kemarre Morton was one of the senior women bosses on Utopia. She had responsibility for painting body designs on young women initiates and singing Awleye songs to encourage their fertility and teaches the tribal dreamings or rules of life.
Kurrajong dreaming
Her country is on the northern end of Utopia and she has custodial responsibility for the Kurrajong tree seed. Mary was passionately involved in maintaining traditional practices that ensure social cohesion.
This painting celebrates the Kurrajong tree. Leaves are ground and mixed with animal fat to create a topical ointment, or with water as a drinking solution. There is an ancient Dreamtime story belonging which lies in the heart of Alyawarre land in Mary’s country, on Utopia north east of Alice Springs. Leaf-like designs represent the Kurrajong flower living among the lizard-like creatures.
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Eastern Desert Art is a member of the Indigenous Art Code of Conduct and the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia and sells directly to collectors and galleries nationally and internationally.
To demonstrate provenance, artworks are sold with an Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct Certificate. These Certificates provide the purchaser with information on the artist, the story of their painting (when permitted by the artist under cultural law) and photographs of the artists with their paintings. The artworks are painted on prepared Belgian linen using polymer acrylics.
The local Alyawarre and Anmatyerre artists prepare and work on their paintings at the Eastern Desert art shed located on our property adjacent to Utopia.
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