Bush Medicine Leaves - Healing Leaves BTA25-137

One of Louise's totems is the Bush Medicine Plant and she expresses her connection to the plant in a similar painting style to her famous Aunt, the renowned artist Gloria Petyarre.

The Bush Medicine Plant is an Australian native that grows wild in Central Australia. Women go to different places around Utopia to collect leaves from these plants. Back at the camp the leaves are boiled to extract resin. Kangaroo fat is mixed into the resin, creating a paste that can be stored for a long time in bush conditions. This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, rashes and also acts as an insect repellent.

By painting about "Bush Medicine" Louise is paying homage to the spirit of the medicine plant in the hope that it will regenerate, enabling the people to continue to benefit from its healing properties.

This original artwork is an assemblage of the artist's beliefs, experience, passion and unique talent. All copyrights and reproduction rights are retained by the artist. This artwork may not be reproduced by any process without the express written permission of the artist.

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Louise Numina Born: 1976Location: UtopiaLanguage: Anmatyerre/Kaytetye/AlywarreLouise Numina is one of six sisters and three brothers. She went to primary school at Stirling Station, a cattle station near Tennant Creek. Later she went to Yirara College in Alice Springs.When she returned to Stirling Station she worked with the Community Development Program. She started painting in 1981 after being taught by her aunties Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre, both well known and highly sought after artists.Louise moved to Darwin in 1995. She studied at Nungalinya College and has a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Northern Territory University. Louise’s work has been exhibited in Darwin and Sydney. She is bought and sold around the world by art lovers, institutions, collectors and art dealers.Louise’s paintings predominantly depict Kurrajong Bush Medicine Leaves. The women collect the Kurrajong Bush Medicine leaves from around the central desert area. The leaves are then boiled in a large tin bucket. The Kurrajong leaves are good for treating the flu, headache, backache, upset stomach and chest pains – where the leaves are repeatedly firmly pressed against the persons back or chest. For cuts and bruises the leaves are boiled longer until the oils float in them, it is mixed with an animal fat then applied to the wounds.All my Artwork comes with the following- Working Photographs- Certificate of Authenticity- Signed at the back with title of the painting- Care instructions-Custom artworks available