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c. 1932
Language Group:Anmatyerre and Arrernte (Aranda)
Country:Ahalpere, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas, Wood Carving and Boomerangs
Subjects:Ahakeye (Bush Plum) Dreaming, Anwekety (Conkerberry), Anwekety (Conkerberry) and Rain Dreaming, Country, Crows on the Ground in My Country, Curlews in My Country, Curlews in the Bush at Night, Eagles in My Country, Emu's Wandering in My Country, Goan
Motorbike started carving in 2015, and painting in 2017 for Mbantua Gallery. Motorbike is married to Kathleen Ngale and they have two children, Matthew Mpetyane and Elizabeth Mpetyane. They live at Camel Camp in the Utopia region. Kathleen Ngale is a well-known artist and has been painting for Mbantua Gallery for a long time. Motorbike is very tribal and still makes boomerangs from time to time.
Being born a bushman back in the 1930's in the Utopia Region of the Northern Territory, Motorbike Paddy, during his life, was exposed to an array of wildlife - reptiles, mammals, birds, insects and so on. In this painting Motorbike Paddy paints owls as he sees them.
