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Catalogue Number: 25/351
This painting tells a story about bush tomato’s that grow after the rain in the Central Desert area. The local women living in this area go out into the bush to collect this fruit. The brown curved shapes in the painting represent the women sitting on the ground, they have coolamons – a wooden bowl used for collecting food into that were used in the old days, beside them. The Bush tomato must be yellow or brown then it is ripe and ready to eat.
Aboriginal families living in Remote Central Australia go out and collect the fruit when it is ripe. The knowledge of what these plants look like and where to find them helps families stay strong and connected to their Country.