This painting depicts a favourite bush tucker of bush tomatoes. Bush tomatoes are the fruit of solanum central, a hardy and fast-growing shrub that is native to more arid regions of Australia. These plants have provided staple foods to Indigenous people of the desert for many thousands of years. From vibrant purple flowers, the fruit first emerges as green, begins to ripen to a yellow colour, and eventually darkens and turns brown, drying and shriveling to a “raisin” which can also be eaten. Anthea’s painting style contains a youthful and carefree energy, and she prefers to paint in a bold colour palette.