Roseanne Morton Pwerle b. 1984

Roseanne Morton was born in 1984 at Atneltye (Boundary Bore) in the expansive Indigenous homelands region of Utopia, some 240km north-east of Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Roseanne is the daughter of artist Gracie Morton (deceased). Her grandmother was Myrtle Petyarre, one of the seven celebrated Petyarre sisters, namely Gloria, Jean, Kathleen, Violet, Nancy Kunoth and Ada Bird Petyarre. Roseanne grew up watching the women of her family and community, learning the stories of her ancestral country and observing their artmaking practice. 

Roseanne learned to paint from her mother Gracie (1956-2024), and continues to paint the same Dreaming stories, namely Anwekety (Bush Plum) Dreaming, of which Gracie was a custodian. In this painting, the finely layered dots represent the low hanging fruits in various stages of ripeness and create an impressive three-dimensional visual effect. The diagonal lines that dissect the canvas are the tracks walked by the women walk to collect the plum. The women meet in the middle, defined by the concentric circle, to eat these nutritious fruits and honour the spirit of the plant. There are also many songs and ceremonies that relate to the bush plum.

Roseanne also paints a Bush Medicine story; this design emerged from Utopia from Roseanne's great-aunt, Gloria Petyarre (1945-2021) is considered the "grandmother" of this mesmerising style. There are many interpretations of the Bush Medicine brushwork designs, as many of Gloria's relatives continue to paint this story. There are a variety of native plants from Roseanne's ancestral country that offer restorative and healing properties as part of traditional medicine practices, as well as, like the Bush Plum, being a significant part of Awelye, women's ceremony.