Emily Kngwarreye's painting "Earth's Creation II" represents different aspects of her homeland in Australia's Alhalkere region through vibrant colors. Turquoise greens signify the wet season when wildflowers bloom profusely across the land in vivid colors. Yellow dots depict the ground-covering yam plant, while red echoes the red sand and ochres and browns evoke the long dry season when the earth cracks under the sun. Her use of white pays homage to the seed of her Dreaming's main yam.

1. Emily Kngwarreye – Wild Flower Dreaming
Some paintings the yam motif is not obvious, it lies below the surface of them all. In this 'wildflower' painting Emily
captures the brief season when the pencil yam produces bright green foliage and yellowish flowers on the grounds
surface. However, the nutritional value of the yam is hidden underground in the swollen roots and their pod-like
attachments, which are difficult to locate as the plant's unpredictable growth patterns make harvest difficult and
specialised. Traditionally much effort is expended across large areas in the harvest of this valuable food.

2. Earth’s Creation II Progress Shot
The rich colours Emily chose to paint 'Earth's Creation II' represent many different aspects of
her country of Alhalkere. Vibrant turquoisc qreens signify the wet season, in which wild flowers bloom
in profusion and create a mass of vivid colours across the land. Desert flowers may only last a few days,
but all represent fertility, growth and regeneration, symbols of survival in harsh conditions.

3. Earth’s Creation II Progress Shot
Her use of white was in homage to akam, the colour of the seed of the atnwelarr yam of her main
Dreaming and the source of her name Kame. With a flourish of her brush she created the yellow
flowers of the ground-covering yam plant. Her dots of rich reds echo the red sand of Alhalkere, and
the ochres and browns evoke the long dry season when the hard-baked earth cracks beneath the
sun's glare and bush tucker struggles to survive,

4. Facts about Earth’s Creations
• Emily in fact painted four major artworks in 1994 at Utopia entitled 'Earth's Creation', all
commissioned by Fred Torres. The first sold for $1.056 million at a 2007 Deutscher-Menzies
auction, breaking all previous records for an Australian female artist and is now the signature piece
of the Tim Jennings collection, a comprehensive collection of mainly Utopia art, open for the
public at their Alice Sprinqs gallery.
• The second is just as splendid in colour and style, and consists of four panels, 211 x 596
centimetres each, painted in acrylic on linen canvas currently exhibiting at Ultimate Art Four Seasons.
• The third and fourth 'Earth's Creation‘ have been purchased by private collectors years ago.
• Emily's expressive dotting is rhythmic and organic, mirroring the random growth of native plants
in the semi-arid outback.
• The complex layering of her dots convey seasonal abundance and her understanding of the land's
fecundity above and beneath the surface.
• Sitting cross-legged on the dry parts of the canvas or on the ground at its edges, she
continually moved in and around the painting, using both hands, calling out for more jars of
acrylic paints to layer colour upon colour as she created rich textures and depth.
• Her inventive technique to create her distinctive wild flowers is rarely more evident than in
this series of paintings. She dipped her brush in one jar then another to create the soft
blending of colours.
• Free Tours are available to view the entire collection : http://ultimateart.com.au/book-a-tour/

5. Art in the Family – Utopia Community
The women of Utopia were then introduced to acrylic paint, producing small canvasses that were even more
distinctive than the batiks. A number of individual artists began producing art that was radically different to that
produced by the group and, from the beginning, Emily Kngwarreye’s work displayed a raw vigour and a sinuous
energy, which made her work stand out from the others. .
This is how Utopia art emerged. So too had artists such as Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Gloria Petyarre,. This art
continued to change with the introduction of more colour, more storylines, and more abstract work, but it always
has an underlying cultural meaning
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6. Current Exhibition -Art in the
Family
• Ultimate Art Current Exhibition is tilted “ART in the Family” is a representation of
Australian Art featuring both the Herman and Pekel family of Contemporary Art and the
Utopia indigenous community featuring the Pwerle and Petyarre as part of the Aboriginal
Art movement.
• Artists in the family often inspire the next generation whether they are from a
contemporary or indigenous background. From childhood, they are exposed to artworks
on the walls in the studio, art materials and art books, family visits to galleries and simply
by living in a creative environment surrounded by their father and or/mother’s artistic
peers who gather to discuss art.
• The Exhibition covers 1st Generation Artist from Utopia over 20 paintings to choice from
in the Gallery Artist include Emily Kngwarreye ; Minnie Pwerle ; Gloria Petyarre &
Kathleen Petyarre
• Gallery has over 50 Utopia Artist 130 pieces to choose from.
• The Exhibition covers 1st Generation Artist from Papunya over 20 paintings include
Clifford Possum ; Turkey Tolson ; Mick Namari ; Long Jack Phillipus
• Gallery has over 100 Papunya Artist over 300 pieces to choose from
• Ultimate Web Site : http://ultimateart.com.au/current-exhibition/