Janie’s Dreaming is the Bush Orange or Wild Orange. She paints intricate dots in concentric circle based compositions that represent the Bush

Orange plant, its flowers and fruits, from an aerial perspective. Her beautiful paintings demonstrate Janie’s spiritual connection with her culture and country. Her meticulous dot construction references traditional topographical mapping of the Bush Orange in her ancestral country. Janie also paints the Kangaroo Dreaming.

Bush Orange is also known in Alyawarre as Atwakee. Once abundant but now scarce due to over grazing, this species was a stable source of bush tucker for Aboriginals. The fragrant small fruit hangs on long stalks and is green when unripe turning yellow or reddish in maturity. The fruit has a tough outer skin allowing the fruit to remain unspoilt for lengthy periods of time.

The physical creation of this Dreaming is an important part of the bush tucker ceremonies conducted by the women of Utopia. Artworks such as Bush Orange Dreaming ensure the continuation of an ancient and rich cultural heritage while acknowledging the close bond still retained by the artist to her country.