Annette Nungala

About ANNETTE

Annette's art is influenced by daily life in the community and contains an element of fantasy. Heavy dotting and vivid patchwork colours exaggerate the textures of pebbled 'rock country' that surrounds her home. Annette paints with a rich and vibrant palette and has a signature patchwork style which makes for dream-like landscapes.

Annette Nungala Peterson was born at Neutral Junction Station, close to Barrow Creek (which is on the Stuart Highway between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek). She spent much of her life working at the Epenarra School where she dedicated her time to teaching language and culture to young ones. Today she manages the Epenarra art centre.

ANNETTE'S Artwork and Story

We are delighted to work with one Annette artwork, which we have carefully created into a variety of products which we feel best showcase each artwork and complement the stories. The finished products are always shared with our artists before they are released, and it is typically our favourite days of the year to see how these gorgeous designs can be really brought to life on our gifts.

Bush Medicine

“This painting shows bush medicine after summer rain, and all the little dots represent stones and seeds. When rain time comes flowers grow again. Bush Medicine is a subject Annette Nungala Peterson returns to repeatedly in her painting, knowledge of bush medicine is taken very seriously in Indigenous culture and is often held by women. The science of bush medicine involves relationship with the Country, family, and a healthy way of life inherited by ancestors.
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