Bronwyn Payne Ngale
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Artist Profile · Northern Territory
Bronwyn Payne Ngale
Anmatyerre artist from Ilkawerne, painting Wild Tobacco, Bush Yam and Awelye stories.
Born
1970
Language group
Anmatyerre
Country
Ilkawerne (El-go-an-na), Utopia region, north-east of Alice Springs, NT
Painting since
2000
A family of artists
Bronwyn Payne Ngale is the eldest child of Doreen and Harold Payne, and comes from a large family of artists. Her brothers and sisters are Joseph, Violet, Richard, Johnny, Jimmy and Laura Payne. Her Country is Ilkawerne, in the Utopia region.
She began painting for Mbantua Gallery in September 2000. As well as painting on canvas, she has experimented with wood carving and with painting native seeds that are threaded into necklaces.
Her work
Bronwyn paints the plants and women’s stories of her Country. One of her best-known subjects is Antyarlkenh, the bush yam (Ipomoea polpha): a plant with large, soft leaves that trail along the ground and soft purple flowers in spring, growing large round tubers underground. Once highly prized as one of the best native tubers, it is now very rare.
She also paints Ngkwerlp (Wild Tobacco) and Awelye, women’s ceremony.
Ngkwerlp (Wild Tobacco)
Awelye (Women’s Ceremony)
Painted seeds
Related artists
Bronwyn’s mother, Doreen Payne Petyarre, is a painter and carver of Honey Grevillea, Honey Ant and women’s ceremony.
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