Deidre Brown Napangardi

Deidre was born at Yuendumu in 1961, and started painting in 1978.  Her tribe is Warlpiri.   The dreamings that deidre paints have been handed down to her from her Grandfather, Uncle and Father.  She paints the fruits that she remembers picking with her family when they went out looking for food.  Deidre is a respected and talented artist who comes from a long family line of artists.  She has exhibited widely and is sought after by collectors worldwide.

Bush Banana   Price: AUD $ 420.00   SOLD

Size: 500 x 700mm

Deidre's painting depicts the different stages of growth of the bush banana, or Yuparli.  It grows in rock crevices close to the dry river beds in the spinifex country and is collected by the Aboriginal women to be eaten as fruit or used for medicinal purposes.  Since the bush banana plant has both nutritional and healing properties it is of immense importance to the Aboriginal people of Central Australia.
 
Code: SP-1245

AUD $420.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.

Bush Banana                  Price: AUD $ 2500.00 

Size: 1500 x 1000mm

Deidre's painting depicts the different stages of growth of the bush banana, or Yuparli.  It grows in rock crevices close to the dry river beds in the spinifex country and is collected by the Aboriginal women to be eaten as fruit or used for medicinal purposes.  Since the bush banana plant has both nutritional and healing properties it is of immense importance to the Aboriginal people of Central Australia.
 
Code: SP-1242

AUD $2500.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.

Bush Tomato                 Price: AUD $ 440.00 

Size: 535 x 720mm

When ripe the fruit looks like small green tomatoes.   

There are two species, the Kampurarpa and Ngaru and both are extremely important desert  staples.  They are gathered both fresh and dry.  Ngaru is simply picked ripe from the bush, but the Kampurarpa bush is shaken until the fruit drops on to the ground.

They can be made into round balls of fruit. The skins are also dried in the sun and stored on strings to be eaten when fruits are out of season. 
 
Code: SP-1252

AUD $440.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.

Bush Tomato                    Price: AUD $ 230.00  SOLD

Size: 500 x 700mm

When ripe the fruit looks like small green tomatoes.   

There are two species, the Kampurarpa and Ngaru and both are extremely important desert  staples.  They are gathered both fresh and dry.  Ngaru is simply picked ripe from the bush, but the Kampurarpa bush is shaken until the fruit drops on to the ground.

They can be made into round balls of fruit. The skins are also dried in the sun and stored on strings to be eaten when fruits are out of season.

Code: SP-1253

AUD $230.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.

Bush Banana                     Price: AUD $ 280.00 

Size: 400 x 600mm

Deidre's painting depicts the different stages of growth of the bush banana, or Yuparli.  It grows in rock crevices close to the dry river beds in the spinifex country and is collected by the Aboriginal women to be eaten as fruit or used for medicinal purposes.  Since the bush banana plant has both nutritional and healing properties it is of immense importance to the Aboriginal people of Central Australia.
 
Code: SP-1254

AUD $280.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.

Bush Banana                      Price: AUD $ 280.00 

Size: 405 x 600 mm

Deidre's painting depicts the different stages of growth of the bush banana, or Yuparli.  It grows in rock crevices close to the dry river beds in the spinifex country and is collected by the Aboriginal women to be eaten as fruit or used for medicinal purposes.  Since the bush banana plant has both nutritional and healing properties it is of immense importance to the Aboriginal people of Central Australia.
 
Code: SP-1256

AUD $280.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.

Bush Banana                            Price: AUD $ 300.00 

Size: 440 x 640mm

Deidre's painting depicts the different stages of growth of the bush banana, or Yuparli.  It grows in rock crevices close to the dry river beds in the spinifex country and is collected by the Aboriginal women to be eaten as fruit or used for medicinal purposes.  Since the bush banana plant has both nutritional and healing properties it is of immense importance to the Aboriginal people of Central Australia.
 
Code: SP-1257

AUD $300.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.

Bush Grapes                            Price: AUD $ 460.00 

Size: 730 x 560mm

Bush grapes are edible fruits and the thick root is also eaten after it has been cooked. It is also used for medicinal purposes.  They are crushed and rubbed on the skin for rashes and irritations.  It is also used as a bush remedy for ringworm.

 
Code: SP-1258

AUD $460.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.

Bush Grapes                      Price: AUD $ 440.00 

Size: 515 x 755 mm

Bush grapes are edible fruits and the thick root is also eaten after it has been cooked. It is also used for medicinal purposes.  They are crushed and rubbed on the skin for rashes and irritations.  It is also used as a bush remedy for ringworm.

 
Code: SP-1261

AUD $440.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.

Bush Banana                       Price: AUD $ 270.00 

Size: 390 x 600mm

Deidre's painting depicts the different stages of growth of the bush banana, or Yuparli.  It grows in rock crevices close to the dry river beds in the spinifex country and is collected by the Aboriginal women to be eaten as fruit or used for medicinal purposes.  Since the bush banana plant has both nutritional and healing properties it is of immense importance to the Aboriginal people of Central Australia.
 
Code: SP-1264

AUD $270.00 ex. GST plus shipping and handling.