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Bush Medicine DreamingGlorias Leaves, also known as Bush Medicine Leaves, are among the most popular and frequently painted images in Australian art. The Leaves paintings depict bush medicine leaves that fall seasonally to the ground, forming rhythmic, swirling patterns. These leaves come from the Eremophila dalyana shrub, commonly known as Desert Fuchsia. For generations, Glorias clan has used this shrub as the basis for a bush medicine believed to help with kidney

swirling patterns

including social status

Her unique composition and the contemporary edge to her work reflects a keen sense of place retaining the importance of traditional country as inspiration for her art

In 2020 she was also a finalist in the Heysen Prize

Today she paints at Tjala Arts and the APY Studio in Adelaide

the women dug for bush foods like ‘jintiparnta’ (desert truffle [Elderia arenivaga])

During the 1970s

linear designs and bold

Frequently painted on a black ground with fine cream dotting

one of her paintings was presented to HRH Queen Elizabeth II and has been incorporated into the Royal Collection

rainmakers

Pantjiya married George Maxwell Tjangala

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