This piece was inspired by a bird’s eye image of Ambrose’s family’s country on his Nanna’s side – Santa Teresa or in Eastern Arrernte language, Ltyentye Apurte. The complex painting takes your eyes through an array of patterns and dots, which depict an abstract and alternate viewpoint of this particular desert country. The colours used represent the desert, with specs of earthy yellow, browns, deep blues and greens. The blues represent the hidden waterholes, known traditionally by Ambrose’s ancestors prior to colonisation. The series of circles on the bottom middle-right of canvas represent the exact location of the small community and mission of Santa Teresa. This is the location of where Ambrose’s Nanna, Barbara Anne Chisholm was stolen from her mother and family, and taken up to Melville Island.

Printing options are a beautiful 320gsm cotton rag (requires framing to hang) or a 350gsm canvas stretched and ready to hang.