ROSEMARY PITJARA PETYARRE

Born: c1945.  Utopia   Northern Territory
Known as: Rosemary Pitjara, Rosemary Petyarre, Rosemary Bird Petyarre
Language: Anmatyerre
Dreaming’s: Bush Tucker, Medicine Plants, Women’s dreaming (Awelye), Bush Yam, Yam Seed and Bush Yam Flower.
 

Rosemary is the niece to the famous Indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye. 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.

Rosemary was involved in making Batik at Utopia in the eighties. She now paints with acrylic on canvas. Rosemary is an accomplished artist, and her works can be found worldwide. She paints the stories passed down to her and her sister Jeannie.