Janine Brown b. 1987
Bush Onion Dreaming by Janine Brown, 2021
89 x 101 cm
35 1/8 x 39 3/8 inches
35 1/8 x 39 3/8 inches
acrylic on canvas
TIAA-JAB202102
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Janine depicts a Bush Onion Dreaming story in this painting. The bush onion is a popular bush tucker that grows around the edges of waterholes and creeks. The women see...
Janine depicts a Bush Onion
Dreaming story in this painting. The bush onion is a popular bush tucker that grows
around the edges of waterholes and creeks. The women see the green leaves and
know that buried below is an onion-like bulb. The roundels represent the water
holes around which the onion grows, and the myriad of white dots represent the
small onion bulbs. The women walk around looking for tucker, and when they find
a good place, they sit down and dig.
