Josie petrick kemarre biography of martin

Josie commenced painting some eighteen years ago. Since that time she has achieved a high level of sophistication in the interpretation of traditional women’s stories.

Using minimal Aboriginal iconography, she usually depicts the gathering of bush food in an interesting modern interpretation of the abundance of bush fruits.

She has always lived a semi-traditional lifestyle, spending her early years foraging - searching for bush foods.

Josie petrick kemarre biography of martin luther

This was the way of life for Central Desert families throughout the generations, this was their formal education, what living each day was all about - just as her mother had done, her mother’s mother and her grandmother’s mother before that.

Josie's first job was working at the Santa Teresa Mission as a chef, with memories of making them all soup. She met her husband Robin there and after her bush marriage moved with him to an area of Utopia called Mt Swan.

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