Known for creating artworks that draw attention to the medicinal and healing properties of bush foods and their significance as markers of seasonal change, Janangoo Butcher Cherel’s paintings combine deep cultural knowledge with rich painterly forms to explore intangible connections to food and country.

Unlike still lifes made in the European tradition that realistically depict food as a product of extravagance and excess, Girndi (Bush plum) draws upon Cherel’s knowledge of Country to enhance the cultural significance of these plants to the Gooniyandi people and to offer an alternative way of seeing and knowing.