{"title":"VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA)","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"violet-petyarre-arnkerrthe-mountain-devil-lizard","title":"VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA) - Arnkerrthe","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: ARNKERRTHE (Mountain Devil Lizard)\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\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e103CM X 70CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVIOLET 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#VP71\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: Around 1945. Utopia Region, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreamings: Awelye (Women's Ceremony \/ Body Paint Designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard), Bush Tucker including Bush Seeds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViolet Petyarre is one of the seven Petyarre sisters of Utopia, alongside Ada Bird, Gloria, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle and Nancy. Between them the sisters carry one of the most recognised names in Aboriginal art, and Violet has been part of that story from the very beginning.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer working life as an artist began in the late 1970s with batik, when a group of Anmatyerre and Alyawarr women at Utopia were shown the technique and went on to form the Utopia Women's Batik Group. Violet was among them. Wax, dye and silk were the first materials she used to set down her Dreamings. Canvas came later, through the summer project of 1988 and 1989 that saw the Utopia women put their designs onto canvas for the first time, and she has worked in acrylic on canvas and linen ever since.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViolet paints the stories handed down to her by her ancestors. She works in strong line and considered colour, building her surfaces from fine dotting and repeated linear patterning until the whole field seems to move.\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;\"\u003eArnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard)\u003c\/span\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Arnkerrthe is the Dreaming Violet is best known for and the one she holds custodianship of. Also called the Thorny Devil, the little lizard grows to around twenty centimetres and is armoured head to tail in protective spines. It shifts colour to match the ground it moves across, so that it all but disappears into the red sand and spinifex. The markings Violet lays down across the linen are the markings carried on the lizard's own back, and the way she repeats and layers them echoes the way the creature moves over Country and vanishes into it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwelye (Women's Ceremony \/ Body Paint Designs)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwelye is women's business. Before ceremony the women paint designs across the upper body, working ochres on with fingers and a flat padded stick, singing as they go. The designs belong to particular women, particular Country and particular stories, and painting them is an act of caring for that Country and for each other. What Violet puts on the linen are those same designs, curved bands and fine parallel lines flowing across the surface the way they flow across skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBush Tucker including Bush Seeds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe women of Utopia have always read their Country closely, knowing where the food is, when it comes and how it is gathered and prepared. Violet's bush tucker and bush seed works record that knowledge. The dots and clustered forms are the seeds, fruits and flowering plants themselves, and the pattern of the painting carries the abundance of a season and the country that produced it. Many Utopia artists look at their Country from above when they paint, and these works read that way, as though you are looking down onto the ground where the food grows.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\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\u003eViolet was a foundation member of the Utopia Women's Batik Group, formed in 1978 after workshops held at Utopia the previous year.\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\u003eUtopia Women's Paintings, The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project 1988 to 1989, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtopia, A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, toured Ireland and Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Fifth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHot Wax, national touring exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 1995\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\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtbank, Sydney\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 Violet and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39457324367917,"sku":"VP71","price":1850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/VioletPetyarreVP71.jpg?v=1624430679"},{"product_id":"violet-petyarre-pitjara-arnkerrthe-3","title":"VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA) - Arnkerrthe","description":"\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: ARNKERRTHE (Mountain Devil Lizard)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e90CM X 93CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVIOLET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED WITH HER PAINTING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREF#VP237\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn: Around 1945. Utopia Region, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s Ceremony \/ Body Paint Designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard), Bush Tucker including Bush Seeds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViolet belongs to the Petyarre Family which has a long tradition of creating some of the most sought after works of Aboriginal Art. She is the sister to Ada Bird, Gloria, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle and Nancy. The Seven Sisters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe commenced her creativity with batik then in the 1980s and later painting with acrylic on canvas\/linen.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViolet paints the stories passed down to her by her ancestors. Awelye and Arnkerrthe are the most recognised of her dreaming’s. The Body Paint designs are the representation of the designs which are applied to the upper half of the body during ceremony. The Arnkerrthe is the story of the Mountain Devil Lizard which Violet is custodian. The Mountain Lizard (also known as Thorny Devil) is a reptile approximately 20cm in length covered in protective spines. The devil can change colour to blend into its surrounding. The pattern painted onto their bodies are the pattern found on the lizard.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting is 15 years old and a unique piece of art history as Violet began painting the story of the Lizards journey across ancestoral lands like her sister Kathleen. However, In later years she painted the appearance of the Lizard.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Violet and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41373510664237,"sku":"VP237","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/VP237.jpg?v=1668468619"},{"product_id":"violet-petyarre-pitjara-arnkerrthe-4","title":"VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA) - Arnkerrthe","description":"\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTITLE: ARNKERRTHE (Mountain Devil Lizard)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e88CM X 46.5CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVIOLET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF VIOLET SIGNING HER PAINTING WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eREF#VP396\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn: Around 1945. Utopia Region, Northern Territory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s Ceremony \/ Body Paint Designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard), Bush Tucker including Bush Seeds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eViolet belongs to the Petyarre Family which has a long tradition of creating some of the most sought after works of Aboriginal Art. She is the sister to Ada Bird, Gloria, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle and Nancy. The Seven Sisters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe commenced her creativity with batik then in the 1980s and later painting with acrylic on canvas\/linen.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eViolet paints the stories passed down to her by her ancestors. Awelye and Arnkerrthe are the most recognised of her dreaming’s. The Body Paint designs are the representation of the designs which are applied to the upper half of the body during ceremony. The Arnkerrthe is the story of the Mountain Devil Lizard which Violet is custodian. The Mountain Lizard (also known as Thorny Devil) is a reptile approximately 20cm in length covered in protective spines. The devil can change colour to blend into its surrounding. The pattern painted onto their bodies are the pattern found on the lizard.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Violet and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA)","offers":[{"title":"88CM X 46.5CM","offer_id":41783123476525,"sku":"VP396","price":950.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/VP396.jpg?v=1696200784"},{"product_id":"violet-petyarre-pitjara-arnkerrthe","title":"VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA) - Arnkerrthe","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE: ARNKERRTHE (Mountain Devil Lizard)\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\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e152CM X 88CM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVIOLET 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#VP447\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: Around 1945. 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What Violet puts on the linen are those same designs, curved bands and fine parallel lines flowing across the surface the way they flow across skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBush Tucker including Bush Seeds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe women of Utopia have always read their Country closely, knowing where the food is, when it comes and how it is gathered and prepared. Violet's bush tucker and bush seed works record that knowledge. The dots and clustered forms are the seeds, fruits and flowering plants themselves, and the pattern of the painting carries the abundance of a season and the country that produced it. 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The markings Violet lays down across the linen are the markings carried on the lizard's own back, and the way she repeats and layers them echoes the way the creature moves over Country and vanishes into it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwelye (Women's Ceremony \/ Body Paint Designs)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwelye is women's business. Before ceremony the women paint designs across the upper body, working ochres on with fingers and a flat padded stick, singing as they go. The designs belong to particular women, particular Country and particular stories, and painting them is an act of caring for that Country and for each other. What Violet puts on the linen are those same designs, curved bands and fine parallel lines flowing across the surface the way they flow across skin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBush Tucker including Bush Seeds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe women of Utopia have always read their Country closely, knowing where the food is, when it comes and how it is gathered and prepared. Violet's bush tucker and bush seed works record that knowledge. The dots and clustered forms are the seeds, fruits and flowering plants themselves, and the pattern of the painting carries the abundance of a season and the country that produced it. Many Utopia artists look at their Country from above when they paint, and these works read that way, as though you are looking down onto the ground where the food grows.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\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\u003eViolet was a foundation member of the Utopia Women's Batik Group, formed in 1978 after workshops held at Utopia the previous year.\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\u003eUtopia Women's Paintings, The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project 1988 to 1989, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtopia, A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, toured Ireland and Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Fifth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHot Wax, national touring exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 1995\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\u003eThe Holmes à Court Collection, Perth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtbank, Sydney\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 Violet and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67428669489197,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/VP510.jpg?v=1787807877"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/collections\/VP510.jpg?v=1791078413","url":"https:\/\/altyerre.com.au\/collections\/violet-petyarre-pitjara.oembed","provider":"Altyerre Aboriginal Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}