DOLLY MILLS PETYARRE

Born: Utopia, Boundary Bore Outstation,  Northern Territory
Language: Anmatyerre
Dreaming’s: Women’s dreaming (Awelye), Yam Seed, Yam Flower, Emu Tucker, My Country (Alhalkere), Tobacco 
 

Dolly is the sister of the late well-known artist Greeny Purvis Petyarre. Her other siblings, Jeannie Long and Gloria Mills are also artists. 

Like many Utopian artists in the 1980s they created Batik on silk which are part of the Robert Holmes a Court Collection. She now paints with acrylic on canvas. 
 

This painting is the dreaming of the Yam Flower and the changing colours during the seasons. The Yam is widely celebrated, as it was an important food source for the people of this area. 

Being an aerial depiction of the Yam Flower, this artwork can be hung vertically or horiztonally.


Dolly’s paintings have been exhibited Nationally and Internationally.