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Jeannie Petyarre- Leaves of the Bush Yam Acrylic on Canvas at Bargain Box

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Leaves of the Bush Yam

by Jeannie Petyarre

Skin-Anmatyerre
Stretched Canvas

This painting depicts an aerial view of the country near Boundary Bore, Utopia. It is representative of the leaves of the wild bush yam (potato), which is abundant in the rea blowing about in the wind. Women celebrate the fertitlity of the land through ceremony, otherwise referred to as "Awelye".

Acrylic on Canvas
Catalogue- NJP10-44-5
Canvas Size- 183 x 47cm

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Jeannie Petyarre

DOB: c.1957
SKIN NAME: Petyarre (Pitjara)
LANGUAGE: Anmatyerre
REGION: Utopia, Northern Territory


Jeannie Petyarre (Pitjara) was born in c.1957 on the Boundary Bore Outstation of Utopia in Central Australia.

An established artist in Utopia, Jeannie is the niece to the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
In the early 1980's, when Jeannie was living at Boundary Bore Outstation with her family, husband Henry Long Kemarre and their six children, Jeannie was introduced to the art of Batik. Jeannie was encouraged by her aunt, Emily Kngwarreye to continue to paint her family's Yam Dreaming. In 1990, her work was chosen to be part of the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, which toured extensively and was featured in their book "Utopia - A Picture Story".

All of Jeannie's Dreamtime stories come from the Alhalkere Country and are passed down to her from her father's side. Jeannie paints the Yam Seed, Yam Leaf, Yam Flower Dreamings, body paint, Mountain Devil Lizard and My Country Dreamings Jeannie's tribal name is "Angiltha" which means little lizard.

EXHIBITIONS:
2006 Cicada Trading, Paris, France
2006 Cicada Trading, Bahrain Art Society, the Kingdom of Bahrain
2006 Cicada Trading, Annual Clear Lake Exhibition of Aboriginal Paintings, Houston, USA
2006 Cicada Trading, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2006 Cicada Trading , Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2005 Cicada Trading, Milan, Italy
2005 Cicada Trading, Illayda, Istanbul, Turkey
1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs.
1990 A Picture Story exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopian artists which toured Eire and Scotland
1989 Utopia Women's Paintings the first works on canvas

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