{"title":"Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBush Medicine Leaves: The Story Behind One of Australia's Most Iconic Indigenous Art Forms\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew subjects in Aboriginal art carry as much cultural depth as the bush medicine leaf. A well-documented Dreaming story painted by the women artists of Utopia in Central Australia, Bush Medicine Leaves reflects the profound importance of these plants to traditional Aboriginal life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe use of leaves in bush medicine has been practised for many thousands of years, serving both physical and spiritual healing purposes. Throughout history, it has been the women of Aboriginal communities who collect and prepare these plants — often harvesting in groups so that older women can pass down their knowledge to the next generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe leaves most commonly depicted come from the Kurrajong tree, of which there are some 30 varieties. Women gather the bush leaves, boil them, and mash them with animal fats — such as kangaroo, emu, or goanna — to create a medicinal poultice or paste capable of lasting for many months. The leaves can also be ground and applied to aching joints or placed on the temples to relieve headaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to the art itself, the paintings are as remarkable as the story behind them. Thousands of individual leaves are painstakingly hand-painted one by one, layered with thick brushstrokes in sweeping, swirling patterns that seem to ripple across the canvas. Through clever use of colour, shape, and stroke direction, the works evoke a powerful sense of movement — as though the leaves are drifting on the wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtists represent the leaves as they float to the ground, employing a range of colours to depict the leaves at different stages of the season — because as the plant matures, the leaves change colour and their medicinal properties shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe style is credited to Gloria Petyarre of Utopia, who in 1999 became the first female Aboriginal artist to win the prestigious Wynne Prize with her painting \u003cem\u003eLeaves\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work brought Australian Indigenous art into the realm of contemporary fine art and captured the attention of international audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn painting the Bush Medicine Leaf story, artists pay homage to the spirit of the medicinal plant and encourage its regeneration — so that their communities can continue to benefit from its healing powers. Each painting is therefore not simply decorative; it is an act of cultural preservation, a prayer, and a connection to Country that stretches back tens of thousands of years.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"margaret-turner-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-4","title":"MARGARET TURNER PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET TURNER PETYARRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e89CM x 69CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#MT12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBorn: c.1945-2008, Lake Nash (Alpurrurulam), Northern Territory\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre and Alyawarre\u003cbr\u003eKnown as: Margaret Turner, Margaret Price Petyarre, Margaret Turner Price\u003cbr\u003eDreamings: Awelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint), Bush Orange, Bush Medicine, Bush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret Turner Petyarre was born around 1945 at Lake Nash, now known as Alpurrurulam, an Alyawarre community on the Northern Territory side of the Queensland border. She spent most of her life on the Utopia homelands north east of Alice Springs, living around Arlparra, and was part of the wider Petyarre family, whose women include some of the best known painters to come out of Utopia. Margaret passed away on 28 July 2008. Her daughter Marcia (Marcie) Turner Petyarre is also a respected artist and continues to paint the stories her mother passed on to her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eLike many Utopia women, Margaret started out in batik, drawing her designs in hot wax onto lengths of silk before dyeing them. She was one of the 88 artists whose silks make up Utopia: A Picture Story, a body of work completed in 1988 and bought in full by the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, which later toured to Scotland and Ireland. In the early 1990s she moved to acrylic on canvas, with support and guidance from senior painters in her Petyarre family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret painted with fine, careful dotting and long flowing lines. The curving bands in her awelye paintings come from the ceremonial designs painted across women's chests and shoulders, and her years in batik show in the way she handled those looping lines. Her bush food paintings are built up from dense fields of small dots. Her work is held in public and private collections in Australia and overseas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAwelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Awelye is the women's ceremony of the Anmatyerre and Alyawarre. The women paint designs onto their chests and shoulders with ochre, then sing and dance for their country, for the plants and animals that sustain them, and for the health of the community. The lines in Margaret's paintings follow these body paint designs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Orange (Atwakeye)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The bush orange (Capparis mitchellii) is a small, hardy desert tree with dark leathery leaves, creamy white flowers that open at night, and round fruit with a sweet edible pulp. It was one of Margaret's own plant Dreamings and one of the subjects she returned to most often.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Medicine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Women gather leaves from many different native plants across their country and prepare them in different ways depending on the ailment: boiled and drunk, crushed into a poultice, worked into a balm, or smoked. The knowledge of which plants to use and how to prepare them is passed down from grandmothers and mothers to daughters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The foods women gather on country, including bush yam, yam seed and bush melon as well as the bush orange. Painting these foods keeps alive the knowledge of where they grow and when they are ready to harvest, handed down through generations of women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eMargaret exhibited in Australia and overseas, and her work was included in two landmark collections of Utopia and desert art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003cbr\u003e1990 Utopia: A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, touring Scotland and Ireland\u003cbr\u003e1996 Nangara, the Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition from the Ebes Collection, Stichting Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, China World Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, International Art Expo, Beijing, China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eRobert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003cbr\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003cbr\u003eMuseums Victoria, Melbourne\u003cbr\u003eEbes Collection, Melbourne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIn keeping with cultural protocol, we do not publish photographs of artists who have passed away. Margaret's name is used here so her work can be properly identified, out of respect for the old ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MARGARET TURNER PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34979349069869,"sku":"MT12","price":895.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/MARGARETTURNERREF_MT12.jpg?v=1607312006"},{"product_id":"gloria-petyarre-bush-medicine","title":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e43CM X 151CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#GP24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDOB: 1945-2021.  Utopia   Northern Territory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDreaming’s: Leaves, Bush Medicine leaves, Grass seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women’s ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0cm 0cm 4pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAwards and commissions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1999\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWinner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e2004\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHighly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e2009\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCommissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1993\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDesigned a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1992 to 1993\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCreated a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0cm 0cm 4pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"border: none; 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mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1990 to 1991\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eUtopia: A Picture Story, touring Ireland, London and India as well as Adelaide and Melbourne, with Gloria travelling as a representative of the Utopia women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1991\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAboriginal Women’s Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, touring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eUtopia Body Paint: Art from Australia’s Central Desert, touring twelve venues across North America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eExhibited at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0cm 0cm 4pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eCollections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNational Gallery of Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales (seven works)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eQueensland Art Gallery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eSeattle Art Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0cm 0cm 4pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eHer Dreamings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia, prepared different ways depending on what's needed, boiled and drunk, crushed into a poultice, worked into a balm, or burned and smoked. The leaves change through the seasons, and Gloria painted them mid-fall, thousands of small strokes drifting across the canvas. She first developed the style in 1994 at Mosquito Bore, and her sisters, daughters and nieces have carried it on since.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAwelye (women’s ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe designs women wear across their chest and shoulders for ceremony. This was Gloria's earliest subject, going back to her batik work. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin, often put on with the fingers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eA small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. Arnkerrthe travelled across her Country creating the sites, songs and stories, carrying a sac of ochre at its neck used for ceremony. Gloria's swirling design, which she called the “swirly ones”, stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAknangkere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGloria's own Country. Late in her career she developed a looser series called Aknangkere Growth, using lines of colour running across the canvas to show plant life regenerating on her homeland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGrass Seeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNative grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women. Gloria painted it in works like Sacred Grass, using a strong linear pattern with light dotting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: -10pt; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17pt; text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003ePencil Yam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eA bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0cm 0cm 4pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAbout this painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGloria has used an ochre orange and striking gold acrylic in this piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eSigned by Gloria and supplied with a photo of Gloria alongside the finished work and a gallery Certificate of Authenticity. Purchased directly from the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"43CM X 151CM","offer_id":41580406997037,"sku":"GP24","price":7800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/GLORIAPETYARREREF_GP24CLOSEUPOFTHEGOLD_39bd1e50-4d69-4cff-b1ba-055027b40b0e.jpg?v=1641257865"},{"product_id":"rosemary-pitjara-petyarre-bush-yam-leaves-1","title":"ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE - Bush Yam Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH YAM LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e39CM x 29CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROSEMARY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#RPP42\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945. Atneltye (Boundary Bore), Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso known as: Rosemary Pitjara, Rosemary Petyarre, Rosemary Bird Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Bush Tucker, Medicine Plants, Women's Dreaming (Awelye), Bush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary paints Country she has lived on her whole life. She was born at Atneltye, better known as Boundary Bore, an outstation on Utopia Station about 270 kilometres north east of Alice Springs. Her language is Anmatyerre and her skin name is Pitjara, which is also written Petyarre, so her work turns up under several versions of her name.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe comes from one of the most recognised families in Aboriginal art. Rosemary is a niece of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, sister of Jeannie Pitjara, and half sister to Greeny Purvis Petyarre and Evelyn Pultara. Through skin she is also sister to Gloria, Kathleen and Ada Bird Petyarre. It was Emily who encouraged her to move off silk and onto canvas, and the stories Rosemary paints came down to her and to Jeannie through the women of that family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer working life as an artist began with batik in the 1980s, when the Utopia women were setting their Dreamings down in wax and dye on silk. The Summer Project run through CAAMA in 1988 and 1989 put canvas and acrylic in front of those same women for the first time, and Rosemary has painted that way ever since. In 1994 she was one of a group of Utopia women who travelled to Indonesia to work alongside batik artists there and bring new techniques home. Today she divides her time between Utopia and Alice Springs. She is known for the flow of her leaf forms and for the fine seed work scattered through them, and like most of the Utopia painters she is not shy with colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e - Rosemary grew up living off this Country, so she knows its bush food inside out, where to find it, when it is ready and how it is prepared. Her bush tucker paintings map that everyday knowledge, passed down through generations of women before her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMedicine Plants\u003c\/span\u003e - This is the story behind today's painting. Bush medicine comes from a number of different native plants rather than any single one, and the women know which leaf suits which ailment. The leaves are gathered, then boiled and drunk for coughs, colds and chest complaints, crushed into a poultice for wounds and sores, or worked up with fat into a balm. It is practical bush knowledge as much as it is a Dreaming, because the plants keep people well in body and in spirit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWomen's Dreaming (Awelye) \u003c\/span\u003e- Awelye refers to the ceremonial body paint designs worn by women. Ochre and charcoal are traced onto the skin in patterns that shift depending on the occasion and the seniority of the woman wearing them. It is a Dreaming about culture, status and the strong role women hold in Anmatyerre life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower \u003c\/span\u003e- The Yam Dreaming is one of Rosemary's real signatures, and she is known for the fine detail of the tiny seeds scattered through the leaves. It follows the whole life of the plant, from flower to seed to the yam itself, and reflects her deep connection to Country and to the seasonal foods it provides.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary's work has been shown in Australia and overseas since the earliest days of the Utopia movement, and is held by collectors worldwide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings, A Summer Project, Alice Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, touring Ireland and Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1996 The Meeting Place, touring exhibition, Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1996 Nangara, Stichting Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrivate collections in Australia and overseas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith all our artwork displayed on our online gallery we take a lot of time to ensure the colours are true. If you require further images, please contact us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Rosemary, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39292696264749,"sku":"RPP42","price":250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/ROSEMARYPITJARAPETYARREREF_RPP42.jpg?v=1616377064"},{"product_id":"gloria-tamerre-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-1","title":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95CM x 147CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#GP133\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOB: 1945-2021.  Utopia   Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming’s: Leaves, Bush Medicine leaves, Grass seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women’s ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAwards and commissions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1999\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWinner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e2004\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHighly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e2009\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCommissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1993\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDesigned a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1992 to 1993\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCreated a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNotable exhibitions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1990 to 1991\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eUtopia: A Picture Story, touring Ireland, London and India as well as Adelaide and Melbourne, with Gloria travelling as a representative of the Utopia women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1991\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAboriginal Women’s Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, touring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eUtopia Body Paint: Art from Australia’s Central Desert, touring twelve venues across North America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eExhibited at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eCollections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNational Gallery of Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales (seven works)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eQueensland Art Gallery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eSeattle Art Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eHer Dreamings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia, prepared different ways depending on what's needed, boiled and drunk, crushed into a poultice, worked into a balm, or burned and smoked. The leaves change through the seasons, and Gloria painted them mid-fall, thousands of small strokes drifting across the canvas. She first developed the style in 1994 at Mosquito Bore, and her sisters, daughters and nieces have carried it on since.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAwelye (women’s ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe designs women wear across their chest and shoulders for ceremony. This was Gloria's earliest subject, going back to her batik work. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin, often put on with the fingers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eA small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. Arnkerrthe travelled across her Country creating the sites, songs and stories, carrying a sac of ochre at its neck used for ceremony. Gloria's swirling design, which she called the “swirly ones”, stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAknangkere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGloria's own Country. Late in her career she developed a looser series called Aknangkere Growth, using lines of colour running across the canvas to show plant life regenerating on her homeland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGrass Seeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNative grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women. Gloria painted it in works like Sacred Grass, using a strong linear pattern with light dotting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003ePencil Yam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eA bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAbout this painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eSigned by Gloria and supplied with a photo of Gloria alongside the finished work and a gallery Certificate of Authenticity. 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She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, 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She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, touring Ireland, London and India as well as Adelaide and Melbourne, with Gloria travelling as a representative of the Utopia women.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1991 Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, touring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtopia Body Paint: Art from Australia's Central Desert, touring twelve venues across North America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibited at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales (seven works)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQueensland Art Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeattle Art Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Gloria, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the 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style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96CM x 146CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#GP151\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945-2021, Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Leaves, Bush Medicine Leaves, Grass Seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND 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Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, 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data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDOB: around 1951.  Utopia   Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKnown as: Jeannie Pitjara Petyarre,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s dreaming) including; Body Paint, Bush Leaf Medicine, Bush Tucker stories; Bush Yam, Yam Seed, Yam Leaf and Yam Flower,  Mountain Devil Lizard and Bush seeds and My Country\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeannie comes from a large family of artists. Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists including her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre. She is also niece to the famous Utopian artist Emily Kngwarreye.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike many women from the Utopian region of her time, Jeannie started painting batik, in the 1980s. She then went on to use acrylic on canvas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is well known for her great sense of movement and colour depicting the leaves and seeds changing colours throughout the seasons.  Various leaves and seeds are predominately collected by the women for medicine and food from a variety of trees\/shrubs for use all year round. The leaves and seeds were once vital to Jeannie and her ancestors and through her paintings these stories are passed down and celebrated.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer works are represented in major collections including the National Gallery of Australian and the Holmes a Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"150CM X 89CM","offer_id":41580433178669,"sku":"JP152","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/JP152.jpg?v=1647143163"},{"product_id":"gloria-tamerre-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-6","title":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e89CM X 124CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#GP163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945-2021, Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Leaves, Bush Medicine Leaves, Grass Seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. Her paintings are held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th of December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"108CM X 124CM","offer_id":41580433571885,"sku":"JP171","price":5900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/JP171.jpg?v=1651718274"},{"product_id":"jeannie-pitjara-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-6","title":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e89CM X 148CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJEANNIE HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#JP183\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOB: around 1951.  Utopia   Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s dreaming) including Body Paint, Bush Leaf Medicine, Bush Tucker stories; Bush Yam, Yam Seed, Yam Leaf and Yam Flower, Mountain Devil Lizard and Bush seeds and My Country\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie comes from a large family of artists. Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. Her paintings are held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th of December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"89CM X 148CM","offer_id":41580434161709,"sku":"JP183","price":4900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/JP183-4.jpg?v=1655513308"},{"product_id":"jeannie-pitjara-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-7","title":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e85CM X 146CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJEANNIE HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED OF JEANNIE WITH HER PAINTING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#JP190\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOB: (c1951-2022)  Utopia   Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s dreaming) including; Body Paint, Bush Leaf Medicine, Bush Tucker stories; Bush Yam, Yam Seed, Yam Leaf and Yam Flower, Mountain Devil Lizard and Bush seeds and My Country\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie comes from a large family of artists. Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. 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Woola Downs, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Margaret Scobie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry: Mulga Bore, Utopia region\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming's: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Bush Medicine Leaves, Spinifex Grass, Mountain Devil\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Scobie was born in 1948 at Woola Downs, north of Alice Springs, and her family's Country is Adelaide Bore in the Utopia region. She spoke Anmatyerre. Like many Aboriginal people born in that period her exact birth date was never recorded, so it is often written as 1 January 1948.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe belonged to one of the most celebrated painting families in Central Australia. Emily Kame Kngwarreye was her aunt, and she was first cousin to the Petyarre sisters, among them Gloria, Kathleen, Anna and Ada Bird. She spent time on her homelands as a child, went to school at Ross Park Primary in Alice Springs, and lived most of her life in town while returning to Utopia throughout the years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePainting came to her long before canvas did. As a young woman she took part in Awelye, the women's ceremonies, where ochre is worked onto the chest, breasts and shoulders of the women taking part. Those designs are learned by hand, on skin, and they sit underneath everything she later put onto canvas. She stayed close to her cousin Gloria over the years, and Gloria's influence can be seen where body paint designs found their way into her work.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Margaret became known for is movement. Her leaves and grasses are not laid down in neat rows. They lift and turn and lean, as though a hot wind has just crossed the canvas, and she carried them in colour combinations few other painters would attempt. It is a style that was entirely her own, and instantly recognisable once you have seen a few of her paintings. She passed away in 2024.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer Dreamings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint) - The ceremonies belonging to Anmatyerre women, where ochre designs are painted across the chest, breasts and shoulders before singing and dancing. The designs honour the ancestors, the Country and the women's responsibility to both. This was Margaret's first way into painting, learned by hand on skin, and it stayed underneath her work for the rest of her life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eBush Medicine Leaves - The leaves of a number of different native plants gathered by the women across Utopia. Depending on the plant and what is needed, the leaves are boiled and the liquid drunk for coughs and colds, crushed into a poultice for wounds and sores, worked with kangaroo fat or resin into a balm, or burned so the smoke can be used. The knowledge of which plant does what is passed between the women. Margaret painted them mid-drift, flowing lines carrying the leaves across the canvas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eSpinifex Grass - The tough hummock grass that covers so much of the desert country. It holds the sandhills together, gives shelter to small animals, and its resin has long been used as a glue for making tools. Margaret painted whole plains of it bending together under the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eMountain Devil - The small spiked desert lizard, also called the thorny devil. It travels slowly across the sand and leaves a distinctive wandering track, and its journey belongs to the ancestral stories of this Country. Across the wider Utopia family this Dreaming is known as Arnkerrthe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePurchased directly from Margaret and signed by the artist. Supplied with a gallery Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MARGARET SCOBIE","offers":[{"title":"91CM x 151CM","offer_id":41580457263149,"sku":"MS193","price":2450.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/MS193-3.jpg?v=1658707184"},{"product_id":"rosemary-bird-pitjara-petyarre-bush-yam-leaves","title":"ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e88cm x 69cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROSEMARY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#RPP198\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c1945. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Rosemary Pitjara, Rosemary Petyarre, Rosemary Bird Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming's: Bush Tucker, Medicine Plants, Women's Dreaming (Awelye), Bush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e - Rosemary grew up living off this country, so she knows its bush food inside out, where to find it, when it's ready and how it's prepared. Her bush tucker paintings map that everyday knowledge, passed down through generations of women before her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMedicine Plants\u003c\/span\u003e - This is the story behind today's painting. The leaves are gathered by the women, boiled up to treat coughs, colds and chest complaints, or crushed into a paste for wounds and sores. It's practical bush knowledge as much as it is a Dreaming the plants keep people well, physically and spiritually.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWomen's Dreaming (Awelye)\u003c\/span\u003e - Awelye refers to the ceremonial body paint designs worn by women during ceremony. Ochre and charcoal are traced onto the skin in patterns that shift depending on the occasion and the seniority of the woman wearing them. It's a Dreaming about culture, status and the strong role women hold in Anmatyerre life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower\u003c\/span\u003e - The Yam Dreaming is one of Rosemary's real signatures she's known for the fine detail of tiny seeds scattered through the leaves. It follows the whole life of the plant, from flower to seed to the yam itself, and reflects her deep connection to Country and to the seasonal foods it provides.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary is the niece of the famous Indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye. She is the sister of Jeannie Pitjara and half-sister to Greeny Purvis Petyarre and Evelyn Pultara. She is also skin sister to well-known artists Gloria Petyarre, Kathleen Petyarre and Ada Bird Petyarre.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary was involved in making batik at Utopia in the eighties before she moved to acrylic on canvas. She's now an accomplished artist with works held worldwide, painting the stories passed down to her and her sister Jeannie.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis particular painting tells the story of medicine leaves generally collected by the women, boiled and used to treat coughs, colds and respiratory problems, or made into a paste for wounds and sores.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith all our artwork displayed on our online gallery we take a lot of time to ensure the colours are true. If you require further images, please contact us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Rosemary, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40973246955565,"sku":"RPP198","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/RPP198.jpg?v=1659480827"},{"product_id":"gloria-tamerre-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-8","title":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e99CM X 124CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF GLORIA WITH HER WORK WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#GP202\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945-2021, Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Leaves, Bush Medicine Leaves, Grass Seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, touring Ireland, London and India as well as Adelaide and Melbourne, with Gloria travelling as a representative of the Utopia women.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1991 Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, touring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtopia Body Paint: Art from Australia's Central Desert, touring twelve venues across North America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibited at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales (seven works)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQueensland Art Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeattle Art Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Gloria, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the 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center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e40CM x 71CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#MS3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOB: 1948-2024. Woola Downs, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Margaret Scobie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry: Mulga Bore, Utopia region\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming's: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Bush Medicine Leaves, Spinifex Grass, Mountain Devil\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Scobie was born in 1948 at Woola Downs, north of Alice Springs, and her family's Country is Adelaide Bore in the Utopia region. She spoke Anmatyerre. Like many Aboriginal people born in that period her exact birth date was never recorded, so it is often written as 1 January 1948.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe belonged to one of the most celebrated painting families in Central Australia. Emily Kame Kngwarreye was her aunt, and she was first cousin to the Petyarre sisters, among them Gloria, Kathleen, Anna and Ada Bird. She spent time on her homelands as a child, went to school at Ross Park Primary in Alice Springs, and lived most of her life in town while returning to Utopia throughout the years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePainting came to her long before canvas did. As a young woman she took part in Awelye, the women's ceremonies, where ochre is worked onto the chest, breasts and shoulders of the women taking part. Those designs are learned by hand, on skin, and they sit underneath everything she later put onto canvas. She stayed close to her cousin Gloria over the years, and Gloria's influence can be seen where body paint designs found their way into her work.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Margaret became known for is movement. Her leaves and grasses are not laid down in neat rows. They lift and turn and lean, as though a hot wind has just crossed the canvas, and she carried them in colour combinations few other painters would attempt. It is a style that was entirely her own, and instantly recognisable once you have seen a few of her paintings. She passed away in 2024.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer Dreamings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint) - The ceremonies belonging to Anmatyerre women, where ochre designs are painted across the chest, breasts and shoulders before singing and dancing. The designs honour the ancestors, the Country and the women's responsibility to both. This was Margaret's first way into painting, learned by hand on skin, and it stayed underneath her work for the rest of her life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eBush Medicine Leaves - The leaves of a number of different native plants gathered by the women across Utopia. Depending on the plant and what is needed, the leaves are boiled and the liquid drunk for coughs and colds, crushed into a poultice for wounds and sores, worked with kangaroo fat or resin into a balm, or burned so the smoke can be used. The knowledge of which plant does what is passed between the women. Margaret painted them mid-drift, flowing lines carrying the leaves across the canvas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eSpinifex Grass - The tough hummock grass that covers so much of the desert country. It holds the sandhills together, gives shelter to small animals, and its resin has long been used as a glue for making tools. Margaret painted whole plains of it bending together under the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eMountain Devil - The small spiked desert lizard, also called the thorny devil. It travels slowly across the sand and leaves a distinctive wandering track, and its journey belongs to the ancestral stories of this Country. Across the wider Utopia family this Dreaming is known as Arnkerrthe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePurchased directly from Margaret and signed by the artist. 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. Her paintings are held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th of December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41272017682477,"sku":"JP221","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/JP221.jpg?v=1666054031"},{"product_id":"margaret-scobie-bush-leaf-medicine-3","title":"MARGARET SCOBIE - Bush Leaf Medicine","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET SCOBIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH LEAF MEDICINE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e895mm x 715mm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED OF MARGARET WITH HER ARTWORK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#MS231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOB: 1948-2024. Woola Downs, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Margaret Scobie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry: Mulga Bore, Utopia region\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming's: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Bush Medicine Leaves, Spinifex Grass, Mountain Devil\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Scobie was born in 1948 at Woola Downs, north of Alice Springs, and her family's Country is Adelaide Bore in the Utopia region. She spoke Anmatyerre. Like many Aboriginal people born in that period her exact birth date was never recorded, so it is often written as 1 January 1948.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe belonged to one of the most celebrated painting families in Central Australia. Emily Kame Kngwarreye was her aunt, and she was first cousin to the Petyarre sisters, among them Gloria, Kathleen, Anna and Ada Bird. She spent time on her homelands as a child, went to school at Ross Park Primary in Alice Springs, and lived most of her life in town while returning to Utopia throughout the years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePainting came to her long before canvas did. As a young woman she took part in Awelye, the women's ceremonies, where ochre is worked onto the chest, breasts and shoulders of the women taking part. Those designs are learned by hand, on skin, and they sit underneath everything she later put onto canvas. She stayed close to her cousin Gloria over the years, and Gloria's influence can be seen where body paint designs found their way into her work.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Margaret became known for is movement. Her leaves and grasses are not laid down in neat rows. They lift and turn and lean, as though a hot wind has just crossed the canvas, and she carried them in colour combinations few other painters would attempt. It is a style that was entirely her own, and instantly recognisable once you have seen a few of her paintings. She passed away in 2024.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer Dreamings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint) - The ceremonies belonging to Anmatyerre women, where ochre designs are painted across the chest, breasts and shoulders before singing and dancing. The designs honour the ancestors, the Country and the women's responsibility to both. This was Margaret's first way into painting, learned by hand on skin, and it stayed underneath her work for the rest of her life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eBush Medicine Leaves - The leaves of a number of different native plants gathered by the women across Utopia. Depending on the plant and what is needed, the leaves are boiled and the liquid drunk for coughs and colds, crushed into a poultice for wounds and sores, worked with kangaroo fat or resin into a balm, or burned so the smoke can be used. The knowledge of which plant does what is passed between the women. Margaret painted them mid-drift, flowing lines carrying the leaves across the canvas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eSpinifex Grass - The tough hummock grass that covers so much of the desert country. It holds the sandhills together, gives shelter to small animals, and its resin has long been used as a glue for making tools. Margaret painted whole plains of it bending together under the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eMountain Devil - The small spiked desert lizard, also called the thorny devil. It travels slowly across the sand and leaves a distinctive wandering track, and its journey belongs to the ancestral stories of this Country. Across the wider Utopia family this Dreaming is known as Arnkerrthe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePurchased directly from Margaret and signed by the artist. 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. Her paintings are held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th of December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"560 mm X 405 mm","offer_id":41580437405741,"sku":"JP262","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/JP262.jpg?v=1675035654"},{"product_id":"gloria-tamerre-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-7","title":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e31cm x 30cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF GLORIA WITH HER PAINTING WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#GP269\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945-2021, Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Leaves, Bush Medicine Leaves, Grass Seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, 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She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, touring Ireland, London and India as well as Adelaide and Melbourne, with Gloria travelling as a representative of the Utopia women.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1991 Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, touring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtopia Body Paint: Art from Australia's Central Desert, touring twelve venues across North America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibited at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales (seven works)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQueensland Art Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeattle Art Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Gloria, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the 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center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e40.5cm x 30.5cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF GLORIA WITH HER PAINTING WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#GP288\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOB: 1945-2021.  Utopia   Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming’s: Leaves, Bush Medicine leaves, Grass seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women’s ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAwards and commissions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1999\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWinner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e2004\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHighly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e2009\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCommissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1993\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDesigned a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1992 to 1993\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCreated a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNotable exhibitions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1990 to 1991\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eUtopia: A Picture Story, touring Ireland, London and India as well as Adelaide and Melbourne, with Gloria travelling as a representative of the Utopia women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e1991\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAboriginal Women’s Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, touring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eUtopia Body Paint: Art from Australia’s Central Desert, touring twelve venues across North America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eExhibited at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eCollections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNational Gallery of Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales (seven works)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eQueensland Art Gallery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eSeattle Art Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eHer Dreamings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia, prepared different ways depending on what's needed, boiled and drunk, crushed into a poultice, worked into a balm, or burned and smoked. The leaves change through the seasons, and Gloria painted them mid-fall, thousands of small strokes drifting across the canvas. She first developed the style in 1994 at Mosquito Bore, and her sisters, daughters and nieces have carried it on since.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAwelye (women’s ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe designs women wear across their chest and shoulders for ceremony. This was Gloria's earliest subject, going back to her batik work. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin, often put on with the fingers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eA small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. Arnkerrthe travelled across her Country creating the sites, songs and stories, carrying a sac of ochre at its neck used for ceremony. Gloria's swirling design, which she called the “swirly ones”, stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAknangkere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGloria's own Country. Late in her career she developed a looser series called Aknangkere Growth, using lines of colour running across the canvas to show plant life regenerating on her homeland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eGrass Seeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eNative grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women. Gloria painted it in works like Sacred Grass, using a strong linear pattern with light dotting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -10.0pt; line-height: 110%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.5pt 17.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #bfa46f; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003ePencil Yam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5a5a5a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eA bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm; margin: 13.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAbout this painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eLike many Utopia artists, Gloria often painted outdoors and around family and pets, and you’ll notice a soft horizontal line across the lower canvas where the canvas looks to have been folded while the paint was still slightly wet, part of the character of an original handmade work. It can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eSigned by Gloria and supplied with a photo of Gloria alongside the finished work and a gallery Certificate of Authenticity. Purchased directly from the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41598336991277,"sku":"GP288","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/GP288-2.jpg?v=1679353170"},{"product_id":"jeannie-pitjara-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-13","title":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e65CM X 86CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJEANNIE HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eREF#JP292\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDOB: (c1951-2022) Utopia   Northern Territory\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s dreaming) including; Body Paint, Bush Leaf Medicine, Bush Tucker stories; Bush Yam, Yam Seed, Yam leaf and Yam Flower, Mountain Devil Lizard and Bush Seeds and My Country\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie comes from a large family of artists. Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. Her paintings are held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th of December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41604803100717,"sku":"JP292","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/JP292.jpg?v=1680049325"},{"product_id":"gloria-tamerre-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-13","title":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e60CM x 45CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#GP298\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945-2021, Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Leaves, Bush Medicine Leaves, Grass Seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, touring Ireland, London and India as well as Adelaide and Melbourne, with Gloria travelling as a representative of the Utopia women.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1991 Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, touring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtopia Body Paint: Art from Australia's Central Desert, touring twelve venues across North America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibited at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales (seven works)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQueensland Art Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeattle Art Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Gloria, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41620483899437,"sku":"GP298","price":1795.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/GP298-3.jpg?v=1681949684"},{"product_id":"jeannie-pitjara-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-14","title":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e70CM X 89CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJEANNIE HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eREF#JP304\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDOB: (c1951-2022) Utopia   Northern Territory\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnown as: Jeannie Pitjara Petyarre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s dreaming) including; Body Paint, Bush Leaf Medicine, Bush Tucker stories; Bush Yam, Yam Seed, Yam leaf and Yam Flower, Mountain Devil Lizard and Bush Seeds and My Country\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. Her paintings are held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th of December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"70CM X 89CM","offer_id":41676119277613,"sku":"JP304","price":1150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/JP304.jpg?v=1682979186"},{"product_id":"gloria-tamerre-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-14","title":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE -  Bush Medicine leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e149CM X 70CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND WORKING PHOTOS OF GLORIA PAINTING THIS MAGNIFICENT PAINTING!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#GP310\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945-2021, Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Leaves, Bush Medicine Leaves, Grass Seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND 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style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJEANNIE HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING A PHOTO OF JEANNIE WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#JP313\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDOB: (c1951-2022)  Utopia   Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s dreaming) including; Body Paint, Bush Leaf 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. Her paintings are held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th of December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"29CM X 29CM","offer_id":41652434337837,"sku":"JP313","price":299.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/JP313.jpg?v=1683778911"},{"product_id":"rosemary-pitjara-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-1","title":"ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e85.5cm x 67cm \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROSEMARY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#RPP331\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945. Atneltye (Boundary Bore), Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso known as: Rosemary Pitjara, Rosemary Petyarre, Rosemary Bird Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Bush Tucker, Medicine Plants, Women's Dreaming (Awelye), Bush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary paints Country she has lived on her whole life. She was born at Atneltye, better known as Boundary Bore, an outstation on Utopia Station about 270 kilometres north east of Alice Springs. Her language is Anmatyerre and her skin name is Pitjara, which is also written Petyarre, so her work turns up under several versions of her name.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe comes from one of the most recognised families in Aboriginal art. Rosemary is a niece of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, sister of Jeannie Pitjara, and half sister to Greeny Purvis Petyarre and Evelyn Pultara. Through skin she is also sister to Gloria, Kathleen and Ada Bird Petyarre. It was Emily who encouraged her to move off silk and onto canvas, and the stories Rosemary paints came down to her and to Jeannie through the women of that family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer working life as an artist began with batik in the 1980s, when the Utopia women were setting their Dreamings down in wax and dye on silk. The Summer Project run through CAAMA in 1988 and 1989 put canvas and acrylic in front of those same women for the first time, and Rosemary has painted that way ever since. In 1994 she was one of a group of Utopia women who travelled to Indonesia to work alongside batik artists there and bring new techniques home. Today she divides her time between Utopia and Alice Springs. She is known for the flow of her leaf forms and for the fine seed work scattered through them, and like most of the Utopia painters she is not shy with colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e - Rosemary grew up living off this Country, so she knows its bush food inside out, where to find it, when it is ready and how it is prepared. Her bush tucker paintings map that everyday knowledge, passed down through generations of women before her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMedicine Plants\u003c\/span\u003e - This is the story behind today's painting. Bush medicine comes from a number of different native plants rather than any single one, and the women know which leaf suits which ailment. The leaves are gathered, then boiled and drunk for coughs, colds and chest complaints, crushed into a poultice for wounds and sores, or worked up with fat into a balm. It is practical bush knowledge as much as it is a Dreaming, because the plants keep people well in body and in spirit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWomen's Dreaming (Awelye) \u003c\/span\u003e- Awelye refers to the ceremonial body paint designs worn by women. Ochre and charcoal are traced onto the skin in patterns that shift depending on the occasion and the seniority of the woman wearing them. It is a Dreaming about culture, status and the strong role women hold in Anmatyerre life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower \u003c\/span\u003e- The Yam Dreaming is one of Rosemary's real signatures, and she is known for the fine detail of the tiny seeds scattered through the leaves. It follows the whole life of the plant, from flower to seed to the yam itself, and reflects her deep connection to Country and to the seasonal foods it provides.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary's work has been shown in Australia and overseas since the earliest days of the Utopia movement, and is held by collectors worldwide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings, A Summer Project, Alice Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, touring Ireland and Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1996 The Meeting Place, touring exhibition, Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1996 Nangara, Stichting Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrivate collections in Australia and overseas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith all our artwork displayed on our online gallery we take a lot of time to ensure the colours are true. If you require further images, please contact us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Rosemary, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"85.5cm x 67cm","offer_id":41676128780333,"sku":"RPP331","price":745.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/RPP331.jpg?v=1686611968"},{"product_id":"gloria-tamerre-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-15","title":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e30cm x 40cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF GLORIA WITH HER PAINTING WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#GP335\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945-2021, Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Leaves, Bush Medicine Leaves, Grass Seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, 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(women's ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. Her paintings are held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th of December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41698446049325,"sku":"JP354","price":500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/JP354.jpg?v=1690238222"},{"product_id":"margaret-turner-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-1","title":"MARGARET TURNER PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET TURNER PETYARRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e89CM x 69CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#MTP355\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBorn: c.1945-2008, Lake Nash (Alpurrurulam), Northern Territory\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre and Alyawarre\u003cbr\u003eKnown as: Margaret Turner, Margaret Price Petyarre, Margaret Turner Price\u003cbr\u003eDreamings: Awelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint), Bush Orange, Bush Medicine, Bush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret Turner Petyarre was born around 1945 at Lake Nash, now known as Alpurrurulam, an Alyawarre community on the Northern Territory side of the Queensland border. She spent most of her life on the Utopia homelands north east of Alice Springs, living around Arlparra, and was part of the wider Petyarre family, whose women include some of the best known painters to come out of Utopia. Margaret passed away on 28 July 2008. Her daughter Marcia (Marcie) Turner Petyarre is also a respected artist and continues to paint the stories her mother passed on to her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eLike many Utopia women, Margaret started out in batik, drawing her designs in hot wax onto lengths of silk before dyeing them. She was one of the 88 artists whose silks make up Utopia: A Picture Story, a body of work completed in 1988 and bought in full by the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, which later toured to Scotland and Ireland. In the early 1990s she moved to acrylic on canvas, with support and guidance from senior painters in her Petyarre family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret painted with fine, careful dotting and long flowing lines. The curving bands in her awelye paintings come from the ceremonial designs painted across women's chests and shoulders, and her years in batik show in the way she handled those looping lines. Her bush food paintings are built up from dense fields of small dots. Her work is held in public and private collections in Australia and overseas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAwelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Awelye is the women's ceremony of the Anmatyerre and Alyawarre. The women paint designs onto their chests and shoulders with ochre, then sing and dance for their country, for the plants and animals that sustain them, and for the health of the community. The lines in Margaret's paintings follow these body paint designs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Orange (Atwakeye)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The bush orange (Capparis mitchellii) is a small, hardy desert tree with dark leathery leaves, creamy white flowers that open at night, and round fruit with a sweet edible pulp. It was one of Margaret's own plant Dreamings and one of the subjects she returned to most often.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Medicine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Women gather leaves from many different native plants across their country and prepare them in different ways depending on the ailment: boiled and drunk, crushed into a poultice, worked into a balm, or smoked. The knowledge of which plants to use and how to prepare them is passed down from grandmothers and mothers to daughters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The foods women gather on country, including bush yam, yam seed and bush melon as well as the bush orange. Painting these foods keeps alive the knowledge of where they grow and when they are ready to harvest, handed down through generations of women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eMargaret exhibited in Australia and overseas, and her work was included in two landmark collections of Utopia and desert art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003cbr\u003e1990 Utopia: A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, touring Scotland and Ireland\u003cbr\u003e1996 Nangara, the Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition from the Ebes Collection, Stichting Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, China World Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, International Art Expo, Beijing, China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eRobert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003cbr\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003cbr\u003eMuseums Victoria, Melbourne\u003cbr\u003eEbes Collection, Melbourne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIn keeping with cultural protocol, we do not publish photographs of artists who have passed away. 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. 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Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. 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She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, 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Atneltye (Boundary Bore), Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso known as: Rosemary Pitjara, Rosemary Petyarre, Rosemary Bird Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Bush Tucker, Medicine Plants, Women's Dreaming (Awelye), Bush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary paints Country she has lived on her whole life. She was born at Atneltye, better known as Boundary Bore, an outstation on Utopia Station about 270 kilometres north east of Alice Springs. Her language is Anmatyerre and her skin name is Pitjara, which is also written Petyarre, so her work turns up under several versions of her name.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe comes from one of the most recognised families in Aboriginal art. Rosemary is a niece of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, sister of Jeannie Pitjara, and half sister to Greeny Purvis Petyarre and Evelyn Pultara. Through skin she is also sister to Gloria, Kathleen and Ada Bird Petyarre. It was Emily who encouraged her to move off silk and onto canvas, and the stories Rosemary paints came down to her and to Jeannie through the women of that family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer working life as an artist began with batik in the 1980s, when the Utopia women were setting their Dreamings down in wax and dye on silk. The Summer Project run through CAAMA in 1988 and 1989 put canvas and acrylic in front of those same women for the first time, and Rosemary has painted that way ever since. In 1994 she was one of a group of Utopia women who travelled to Indonesia to work alongside batik artists there and bring new techniques home. Today she divides her time between Utopia and Alice Springs. She is known for the flow of her leaf forms and for the fine seed work scattered through them, and like most of the Utopia painters she is not shy with colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e - Rosemary grew up living off this Country, so she knows its bush food inside out, where to find it, when it is ready and how it is prepared. Her bush tucker paintings map that everyday knowledge, passed down through generations of women before her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMedicine Plants\u003c\/span\u003e - This is the story behind today's painting. Bush medicine comes from a number of different native plants rather than any single one, and the women know which leaf suits which ailment. The leaves are gathered, then boiled and drunk for coughs, colds and chest complaints, crushed into a poultice for wounds and sores, or worked up with fat into a balm. It is practical bush knowledge as much as it is a Dreaming, because the plants keep people well in body and in spirit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWomen's Dreaming (Awelye) \u003c\/span\u003e- Awelye refers to the ceremonial body paint designs worn by women. Ochre and charcoal are traced onto the skin in patterns that shift depending on the occasion and the seniority of the woman wearing them. It is a Dreaming about culture, status and the strong role women hold in Anmatyerre life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower \u003c\/span\u003e- The Yam Dreaming is one of Rosemary's real signatures, and she is known for the fine detail of the tiny seeds scattered through the leaves. It follows the whole life of the plant, from flower to seed to the yam itself, and reflects her deep connection to Country and to the seasonal foods it provides.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary's work has been shown in Australia and overseas since the earliest days of the Utopia movement, and is held by collectors worldwide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings, A Summer Project, Alice Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, touring Ireland and Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1996 The Meeting Place, touring exhibition, Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1996 Nangara, Stichting Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrivate collections in Australia and overseas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith all our artwork displayed on our online gallery we take a lot of time to ensure the colours are true. If you require further images, please contact us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Rosemary, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41737061990445,"sku":"RP382","price":615.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/RP382.jpg?v=1693868946"},{"product_id":"margaret-turner-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-2","title":"MARGARET TURNER PETYARRE - Bush Medicine leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET TURNER PETYARRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e87.5CM x 69CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eREF#MTP384\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBorn: c.1945-2008, Lake Nash (Alpurrurulam), Northern Territory\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre and Alyawarre\u003cbr\u003eKnown as: Margaret Turner, Margaret Price Petyarre, Margaret Turner Price\u003cbr\u003eDreamings: Awelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint), Bush Orange, Bush Medicine, Bush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret Turner Petyarre was born around 1945 at Lake Nash, now known as Alpurrurulam, an Alyawarre community on the Northern Territory side of the Queensland border. She spent most of her life on the Utopia homelands north east of Alice Springs, living around Arlparra, and was part of the wider Petyarre family, whose women include some of the best known painters to come out of Utopia. Margaret passed away on 28 July 2008. Her daughter Marcia (Marcie) Turner Petyarre is also a respected artist and continues to paint the stories her mother passed on to her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eLike many Utopia women, Margaret started out in batik, drawing her designs in hot wax onto lengths of silk before dyeing them. She was one of the 88 artists whose silks make up Utopia: A Picture Story, a body of work completed in 1988 and bought in full by the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, which later toured to Scotland and Ireland. In the early 1990s she moved to acrylic on canvas, with support and guidance from senior painters in her Petyarre family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret painted with fine, careful dotting and long flowing lines. The curving bands in her awelye paintings come from the ceremonial designs painted across women's chests and shoulders, and her years in batik show in the way she handled those looping lines. Her bush food paintings are built up from dense fields of small dots. Her work is held in public and private collections in Australia and overseas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAwelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Awelye is the women's ceremony of the Anmatyerre and Alyawarre. The women paint designs onto their chests and shoulders with ochre, then sing and dance for their country, for the plants and animals that sustain them, and for the health of the community. The lines in Margaret's paintings follow these body paint designs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Orange (Atwakeye)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The bush orange (Capparis mitchellii) is a small, hardy desert tree with dark leathery leaves, creamy white flowers that open at night, and round fruit with a sweet edible pulp. It was one of Margaret's own plant Dreamings and one of the subjects she returned to most often.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Medicine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Women gather leaves from many different native plants across their country and prepare them in different ways depending on the ailment: boiled and drunk, crushed into a poultice, worked into a balm, or smoked. The knowledge of which plants to use and how to prepare them is passed down from grandmothers and mothers to daughters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The foods women gather on country, including bush yam, yam seed and bush melon as well as the bush orange. Painting these foods keeps alive the knowledge of where they grow and when they are ready to harvest, handed down through generations of women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eMargaret exhibited in Australia and overseas, and her work was included in two landmark collections of Utopia and desert art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003cbr\u003e1990 Utopia: A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, touring Scotland and Ireland\u003cbr\u003e1996 Nangara, the Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition from the Ebes Collection, Stichting Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, China World Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, International Art Expo, Beijing, China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eRobert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003cbr\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003cbr\u003eMuseums Victoria, Melbourne\u003cbr\u003eEbes Collection, Melbourne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIn keeping with cultural protocol, we do not publish photographs of artists who have passed away. Margaret's name is used here so her work can be properly identified, out of respect for the old ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MARGARET TURNER PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"87.5CM x 69CM","offer_id":41739519000621,"sku":"MTP384","price":895.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/MTP384_b4d0ce5c-fb83-4b12-b9ee-7d57ff63064f.jpg?v=1694042768"},{"product_id":"margaret-turner-petyarre-bush-medicine","title":"Margaret Turner Petyarre - Bush Medicine","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET TURNER PETYARRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e86.5CM x 68.5CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eREF#MT402\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBorn: c.1945-2008, Lake Nash (Alpurrurulam), Northern Territory\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre and Alyawarre\u003cbr\u003eKnown as: Margaret Turner, Margaret Price Petyarre, Margaret Turner Price\u003cbr\u003eDreamings: Awelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint), Bush Orange, Bush Medicine, Bush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret Turner Petyarre was born around 1945 at Lake Nash, now known as Alpurrurulam, an Alyawarre community on the Northern Territory side of the Queensland border. She spent most of her life on the Utopia homelands north east of Alice Springs, living around Arlparra, and was part of the wider Petyarre family, whose women include some of the best known painters to come out of Utopia. Margaret passed away on 28 July 2008. Her daughter Marcia (Marcie) Turner Petyarre is also a respected artist and continues to paint the stories her mother passed on to her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eLike many Utopia women, Margaret started out in batik, drawing her designs in hot wax onto lengths of silk before dyeing them. She was one of the 88 artists whose silks make up Utopia: A Picture Story, a body of work completed in 1988 and bought in full by the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, which later toured to Scotland and Ireland. In the early 1990s she moved to acrylic on canvas, with support and guidance from senior painters in her Petyarre family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret painted with fine, careful dotting and long flowing lines. The curving bands in her awelye paintings come from the ceremonial designs painted across women's chests and shoulders, and her years in batik show in the way she handled those looping lines. Her bush food paintings are built up from dense fields of small dots. Her work is held in public and private collections in Australia and overseas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAwelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Awelye is the women's ceremony of the Anmatyerre and Alyawarre. The women paint designs onto their chests and shoulders with ochre, then sing and dance for their country, for the plants and animals that sustain them, and for the health of the community. The lines in Margaret's paintings follow these body paint designs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Orange (Atwakeye)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The bush orange (Capparis mitchellii) is a small, hardy desert tree with dark leathery leaves, creamy white flowers that open at night, and round fruit with a sweet edible pulp. It was one of Margaret's own plant Dreamings and one of the subjects she returned to most often.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Medicine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Women gather leaves from many different native plants across their country and prepare them in different ways depending on the ailment: boiled and drunk, crushed into a poultice, worked into a balm, or smoked. The knowledge of which plants to use and how to prepare them is passed down from grandmothers and mothers to daughters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The foods women gather on country, including bush yam, yam seed and bush melon as well as the bush orange. Painting these foods keeps alive the knowledge of where they grow and when they are ready to harvest, handed down through generations of women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eMargaret exhibited in Australia and overseas, and her work was included in two landmark collections of Utopia and desert art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003cbr\u003e1990 Utopia: A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, touring Scotland and Ireland\u003cbr\u003e1996 Nangara, the Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition from the Ebes Collection, Stichting Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, China World Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, International Art Expo, Beijing, China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eRobert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003cbr\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003cbr\u003eMuseums Victoria, Melbourne\u003cbr\u003eEbes Collection, Melbourne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIn keeping with cultural protocol, we do not publish photographs of artists who have passed away. Margaret's name is used here so her work can be properly identified, out of respect for the old ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MARGARET TURNER PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41789766336557,"sku":"MT402","price":895.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/MT402brighter.jpg?v=1696889621"},{"product_id":"margaret-turner-petyarre-bush-medicine-1","title":"MARGARET TURNER PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET TURNER PETYARRE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e90CM x 149CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED WITH HER ARTWORK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eREF#MT406\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBorn: c.1945-2008, Lake Nash (Alpurrurulam), Northern Territory\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre and Alyawarre\u003cbr\u003eKnown as: Margaret Turner, Margaret Price Petyarre, Margaret Turner Price\u003cbr\u003eDreamings: Awelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint), Bush Orange, Bush Medicine, Bush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret Turner Petyarre was born around 1945 at Lake Nash, now known as Alpurrurulam, an Alyawarre community on the Northern Territory side of the Queensland border. She spent most of her life on the Utopia homelands north east of Alice Springs, living around Arlparra, and was part of the wider Petyarre family, whose women include some of the best known painters to come out of Utopia. Margaret passed away on 28 July 2008. Her daughter Marcia (Marcie) Turner Petyarre is also a respected artist and continues to paint the stories her mother passed on to her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eLike many Utopia women, Margaret started out in batik, drawing her designs in hot wax onto lengths of silk before dyeing them. She was one of the 88 artists whose silks make up Utopia: A Picture Story, a body of work completed in 1988 and bought in full by the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, which later toured to Scotland and Ireland. In the early 1990s she moved to acrylic on canvas, with support and guidance from senior painters in her Petyarre family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eMargaret painted with fine, careful dotting and long flowing lines. The curving bands in her awelye paintings come from the ceremonial designs painted across women's chests and shoulders, and her years in batik show in the way she handled those looping lines. Her bush food paintings are built up from dense fields of small dots. Her work is held in public and private collections in Australia and overseas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAwelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Awelye is the women's ceremony of the Anmatyerre and Alyawarre. The women paint designs onto their chests and shoulders with ochre, then sing and dance for their country, for the plants and animals that sustain them, and for the health of the community. The lines in Margaret's paintings follow these body paint designs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Orange (Atwakeye)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The bush orange (Capparis mitchellii) is a small, hardy desert tree with dark leathery leaves, creamy white flowers that open at night, and round fruit with a sweet edible pulp. It was one of Margaret's own plant Dreamings and one of the subjects she returned to most often.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Medicine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – Women gather leaves from many different native plants across their country and prepare them in different ways depending on the ailment: boiled and drunk, crushed into a poultice, worked into a balm, or smoked. The knowledge of which plants to use and how to prepare them is passed down from grandmothers and mothers to daughters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e – The foods women gather on country, including bush yam, yam seed and bush melon as well as the bush orange. Painting these foods keeps alive the knowledge of where they grow and when they are ready to harvest, handed down through generations of women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eMargaret exhibited in Australia and overseas, and her work was included in two landmark collections of Utopia and desert art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003cbr\u003e1990 Utopia: A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, touring Scotland and Ireland\u003cbr\u003e1996 Nangara, the Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition from the Ebes Collection, Stichting Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, China World Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China\u003cbr\u003e2007 Group exhibition, International Art Expo, Beijing, China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003cbr\u003eRobert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003cbr\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003cbr\u003eMuseums Victoria, Melbourne\u003cbr\u003eEbes Collection, Melbourne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIn keeping with cultural protocol, we do not publish photographs of artists who have passed away. 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. Her paintings are held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSadly, Jeannie passed away on the 27th of December 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Jeannie, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"JEANNIE PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41830638157869,"sku":"JP414","price":1150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/JP414_4dea9f34-3ce1-43df-ab77-f48383a167c0.jpg?v=1698277934"},{"product_id":"rosemary-pitjara-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-3","title":"ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e150CM x 49.5CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROSEMARY HAS SIGNED THE BACK OF THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#RP419\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945. Atneltye (Boundary Bore), Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso known as: Rosemary Pitjara, Rosemary Petyarre, Rosemary Bird Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Bush Tucker, Medicine Plants, Women's Dreaming (Awelye), Bush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary paints Country she has lived on her whole life. She was born at Atneltye, better known as Boundary Bore, an outstation on Utopia Station about 270 kilometres north east of Alice Springs. Her language is Anmatyerre and her skin name is Pitjara, which is also written Petyarre, so her work turns up under several versions of her name.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe comes from one of the most recognised families in Aboriginal art. Rosemary is a niece of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, sister of Jeannie Pitjara, and half sister to Greeny Purvis Petyarre and Evelyn Pultara. Through skin she is also sister to Gloria, Kathleen and Ada Bird Petyarre. It was Emily who encouraged her to move off silk and onto canvas, and the stories Rosemary paints came down to her and to Jeannie through the women of that family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer working life as an artist began with batik in the 1980s, when the Utopia women were setting their Dreamings down in wax and dye on silk. The Summer Project run through CAAMA in 1988 and 1989 put canvas and acrylic in front of those same women for the first time, and Rosemary has painted that way ever since. In 1994 she was one of a group of Utopia women who travelled to Indonesia to work alongside batik artists there and bring new techniques home. Today she divides her time between Utopia and Alice Springs. She is known for the flow of her leaf forms and for the fine seed work scattered through them, and like most of the Utopia painters she is not shy with colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e - Rosemary grew up living off this Country, so she knows its bush food inside out, where to find it, when it is ready and how it is prepared. Her bush tucker paintings map that everyday knowledge, passed down through generations of women before her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMedicine Plants\u003c\/span\u003e - This is the story behind today's painting. Bush medicine comes from a number of different native plants rather than any single one, and the women know which leaf suits which ailment. The leaves are gathered, then boiled and drunk for coughs, colds and chest complaints, crushed into a poultice for wounds and sores, or worked up with fat into a balm. It is practical bush knowledge as much as it is a Dreaming, because the plants keep people well in body and in spirit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWomen's Dreaming (Awelye) \u003c\/span\u003e- Awelye refers to the ceremonial body paint designs worn by women. Ochre and charcoal are traced onto the skin in patterns that shift depending on the occasion and the seniority of the woman wearing them. It is a Dreaming about culture, status and the strong role women hold in Anmatyerre life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower \u003c\/span\u003e- The Yam Dreaming is one of Rosemary's real signatures, and she is known for the fine detail of the tiny seeds scattered through the leaves. It follows the whole life of the plant, from flower to seed to the yam itself, and reflects her deep connection to Country and to the seasonal foods it provides.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary's work has been shown in Australia and overseas since the earliest days of the Utopia movement, and is held by collectors worldwide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1989 Utopia Women's Paintings, A Summer Project, Alice Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, touring Ireland and Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1996 The Meeting Place, touring exhibition, Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1996 Nangara, Stichting Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrivate collections in Australia and overseas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith all our artwork displayed on our online gallery we take a lot of time to ensure the colours are true. If you require further images, please contact us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Rosemary, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41840500146221,"sku":"RP419","price":1995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/RP419brighterorange2-3.jpg?v=1698722082"},{"product_id":"gloria-tamerre-petyarre-bush-medicine-leaves-19","title":"GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e150CM x 50CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF GLORIA WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDED.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#GP425\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: c.1945-2021, Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Leaves, Bush Medicine Leaves, Grass Seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Petyarre was one of the most important artists to come out of Utopia, the Anmatyerre and Alyawarr homelands about 270km north-east of Alice Springs. She was born there around 1945, spoke Anmatyerre, and her Country is Aknangkere.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was one of the seven Petyarre sisters, alongside Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle, Nancy and Violet, in a family that has produced some of the most collected work in Aboriginal art. Gloria started out in the Utopia women's batik group in the late 1970s and moved to painting on canvas in 1988, her early work growing out of Awelye, the women's ceremonial body paint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is best known for her Bush Medicine Leaves paintings, where the leaves drift and swirl across the canvas as though caught in the wind. In 1999 she won the Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for one of these works, the first Aboriginal artist to take out that award. She passed away in June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDREAMINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBush Medicine Leaves (also called Leaves) \u003c\/span\u003e— The work Gloria is famous for. The medicine leaves come from a range of native plants gathered across Utopia and prepared different ways, boiled and drunk, made into a poultice or balm, or smoked. Gloria painted them mid-fall, in thousands of small strokes that drift across the canvas as if caught in the wind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAwelye (women's ceremony and body paint)\u003c\/span\u003e — The designs women wear across the chest and shoulders for ceremony, and Gloria's earliest subject. The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, 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Her sisters Rosemary Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara and Anna Price Petyarre are all well-known artists, as is her brother Greeny Purvis Petyarre. She is first cousin to the famous Petyarre sisters Gloria, Nancy, Myrtle, Kathleen, Violet, Ada and Jean Petyarre, and niece to the celebrated Utopian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie's paintings move between several Dreamings tied to her family and Country. Her Bush Medicine Leaves and Bush Yam works both follow plants gathered by the women of Utopia medicine leaves for healing, and the bush yam as a longstanding food source, its seed, leaf and flower rendered in colours that shift with the seasons. The bush yam in particular has grown harder to find since the introduction of livestock and other changes to the land, lending these paintings extra weight as a record of something increasingly scarce. Alongside these, Jeannie painted Awelye the ceremonial body paint designs of the women's ceremonies as well as her own Country, Alhalkere in the Boundary Bore region of Utopia, and the Mountain Devil Lizard (Arnkerrthe) Dreaming shared across the Petyarre sisters, each bringing her own interpretation to the same ancestral story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie took up batik in the early 1980s, working alongside the other Utopia women before moving into acrylic on canvas later that decade. Her work is known for its sense of movement, with layered brushwork that captures leaves and seeds shifting and overlapping as if caught mid-breeze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career Jeannie's work travelled well beyond Central Australia shown in group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, including showings in Paris, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai and Houston, as well as the 2002 Seven Sisters Petyarre exhibition at Brisbane City Gallery. 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The lines swirl and radiate the way the paint sits on the skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e — A small spiny desert lizard and one of Gloria's most important ancestral stories. It travelled across her Country creating the sites and songs, and her swirling design stands for the thorny skin on its back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAknangkere \u003c\/span\u003e— Gloria's own Country. Her later Aknangkere Growth series uses lines of colour running across the canvas to show the plant life \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eregenerating after fire and rain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGrass Seeds \u003c\/span\u003e— Native grass seed, a traditional bush food gathered and ground by the women, which Gloria painted in works like Sacred Grass in a strong linear pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePencil Yam \u003c\/span\u003e— A bush food with an edible root dug from the ground, one of the bush-food Dreamings shared across the Petyarre family and the wider Utopia group.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARDS AND COMMISSIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999 Winner, Wynne Prize for landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the first Aboriginal artist to win it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2004 Highly Commended, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Wynne Prize in later years, and in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2009 Commissioned by Hermès, the first Australian artist the house had worked with, her Leaves design produced as a silk scarf titled Le Rêve de Gloria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1993 Designed a pair of tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne, now the Australian Tapestry Workshop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 to 1993 Created a forty foot mural with her husband Ronnie Price Mpetyane at the entrance to the Australian exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo, which won an American Institute of Architects award in 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGloria exhibited across Australia and internationally, and her work is held in major public collections around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED EXHIBITIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990 to 1991 Utopia: A Picture Story, touring Ireland, London and India as well as Adelaide and Melbourne, with Gloria travelling as a representative of the Utopia women.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1991 Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, touring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtopia Body Paint: Art from Australia's Central Desert, touring twelve venues across North America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibited at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOLLECTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales (seven works)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQueensland Art Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeattle Art Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Gloria, and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the 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