Anatye: Bush Potato 1989

Emily Kame Kngwarreye's 1989 painting "Anatye: Bush Potato" is a vibrant example of her signature dot painting style. The artwork is characterized by a dense field of tiny dots in various shades of ochre, red, white, and black. The artist's use of color and pattern evokes a sense of the natural world, specifically the desert landscape of her ancestral home in Australia's Northern Territory. The swirling patterns of the dots, known as "bush potato" in the local language, represent the interconnectedness of life and the importance of this plant to the Aboriginal people.