Mary Ross Nabarula b. 1956

Biography
Language: Warlpiri
Region: Willowra, N.T.

Mary Ross Nabarula was born in 1956 at the Aboriginal community of Willowra, some 300km north-west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) in the Northern Territory. Mary was taught how to paint by her father, and moved to Alice Springs in late 1999.

 

In her paintings, the waterholes around which the damper seed grows are represented by the roundels. These waterholes have water coursing to them from a central water hole. The damper seeds are depicted by the delicate white dotting. The women harvest the damper seed and grind it up to make bush damper, a bread-like tucker.

 

Mary’s Dreamings include My CountryBush Damper SeedWallaby and Water Dreaming.  Typically working in a monochromatic palette, Mary uses the repetition of fine dots to depict various flora, food sources and geological aspects of her country. She has a great sense of visual harmony that lend her canvases a calming, meditative quality.

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  • Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula
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    Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2024
    57 x 55 cm
    22 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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    Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2024
    93 x 40 cm
    36 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches
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  • Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula
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    Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2023
    200 x 70.5 cm
    78 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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  • Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula
    Mary Ross Nabarula
    Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2023
    129 x 95 cm
    50 3/4 x 37 3/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Mary Ross Nabarula, Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2023
    $ 2,200.00
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    Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2022
    90 x 145 cm
    35 3/8 x 57 1/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Mary Ross Nabarula, Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2022
    $ 2,990.00
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    Mary Ross Nabarula
    Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2021
    89 x 149 cm
    35 x 58 5/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Mary Ross Nabarula, Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2021
    $ 2,990.00
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    Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2021
    85 x 147 cm
    33 1/2 x 57 7/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Mary Ross Nabarula, Bush Damper Seed Dreaming by Mary Ross Nabarula, 2021
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