Bush Honey Grevillea

Rhonda Pitjara Jones

About Artwork

Code: EDA-RJ1838/19

Artist: Rhonda Pitjara Jones

Region: Soapy Bore, Utopia, NT

Medium: Polymer acrylic on canvas

Size: 60cm x 90cm

About Artist

Contemporary Aboriginal artist Rhonda Pitjara Jones celebrates the flowering of the bush honey grevillea in this painting. These plants are an important part of their traditional diet and are still enjoyed and celebrated today. The people harvest and consume traditional foods – and to some extent medicines – especially the Elders. The plant is especially prolific on Utopia after the winter rains. The flowers contain thick, honey-like nectar which can be sucked directly from the flowers. The Alywarre people also soak the flowers in water to make a sweet cordial-like drink.

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Ethical Trade Details

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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