The humble bush potato has delivered a rich feast for an equally humble Anmatyerre woman, Margaret Loy Pula from the remote community of Utopia.
She rose above 840 other entrants to become the first indigenous artist to win the $50,000 Waterhouse Natural History art prize, hosted by the South Australian museum.
Her canvas depicts a dreaming story she learned from her father, about digging for bush yams – a story she will one day pass on to her own children.
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The Waterhouse is renowned for promoting environment and science through art, and with several other indigenous finalists also performing strongly, it's fast becoming a cultural showcase too.
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