Curatorial+Co. presents The Colour of Country – a collaborative offsite exhibition in our Woolloomooloo gallery with the National Indigenous Art Fair (NIAF), co-curated by Dunghutti/Gomeroi curator Nioka Lowe-Brennan, from 2–19 July 2025.

Janet was born near the Alcoota Station where she lived for 10 years with her family, later moving to Engawala to live. Janet went to school at Yirara College in Alice Springs completing year 10. She was introduced to painting by her aunt at an early age. Over the years she has continued to paint, joining the Engawala Art Centre ladies, where she paints most days where her work is for sale, she also sells at Northern Territory markets and exhibitions and through several local retail outlets. She paints bush medicine and river gum leaves She does wood burning and enjoys sewing.

“Bush Medicine can be found everywhere in Australia and are used for different illness but this particular bush medicine I painted is found in Central Australia. It grows well on dry land. It grows all year round but the best me to harvest is in autumn and winter. This bush medicine plant heals pain and cold. The dots represent the seeds that fell to the ground and are ready to grow aer the rain. The leaves are put in water and boiled until the water turns green. It is used for bathing.”

This work appears courtesy of Engawala Art Centre.