Red Ochre Country Desert Meets the Tropics and the sugar ants harvest

and the sugar ants harvest the wattle flower nectar

Size:         159

delivered with pointing style dot art technique applied with various tools

is overlaid on a softly blended brushed background on canvas with the pointing technique depicting the night stars shining over the desert topographical landscape

Tropical life’s abundance radiates through the hot humid night

Red Ochre Country Desert Meets the Tropics and the sugar ants harvest'Red Ochre Country' depicts the importance of the different hues of ochre in creating stories, leaving messages and with use in ceremony. This soft rock pallet, so important in Aboriginal life, is portrayed in earthy colours in this contemporary dot art painting, imbued with intricate line work, which links the deep cultural and complex relationships with country, family and lore. This original painting by Maggie of GleeArt on stretched canvas, takes