• Arnkerrthe by Violet Petyarre (Pitjara) – acrylic on canvas (90CM x 93CM), Altyerre Aboriginal Art
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VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA) - Arnkerrthe

VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA) - Arnkerrthe

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VIOLET PETYARRE (PITJARA) 

TITLE: ARNKERRTHE (Mountain Devil Lizard)
 
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
90CM X 93CM
VIOLET HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED WITH HER PAINTING
 
REF#VP237
 
 
Born: Around 1945. Utopia Region, Northern Territory
Language: Anmatyerre
Dreaming’s: Awelye (Women’s Ceremony / Body Paint Designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard), Bush Tucker including Bush Seeds
 
 
 
Violet 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.
 
She commenced her creativity with batik then in the 1980s and later painting with acrylic on canvas/linen.
 
Violet 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.
This 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.
 
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