In April 1994 at Mosquito Bore in Utopia, Gloria began doing something new on her canvas. She is an Aboriginal Australian artist from the Anmatyerre community, just north of Alice Springs. See more ideas about Gloria petyarre, Dynamic painting, Aboriginal artists. “That first one. 60cm x 86cm -Aboriginal Art- View additional info Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. She has been living in her home of Utopia, an Aboriginal homeland that is located in the north of Australia. Artwork is stretched and ready to hang. Subjects:Leaves, Awelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint Designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard), Alpeyt (Wild Flowers), Ntyerrm (Seed of the Dogwood Tree), Ntang (Seed) About Aboriginal artist Gloria Petyarre. Gloria Petyarre has participated in both group and solo exhibitions since the 1980's. Apr 17, 2012 - Gloria’s dynamic paintings which capture the energy of the land and communicate an underlying and vibrant spirituality. Looks like leaf, and I been put another one and another one and ‘ah yeah’. One of her best known works is "Bush Medicine". First leaf.” - Gloria Petyarre. She started as an artist in the Women's Batik Group in 1977, which was launched by the CAAMA (Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association) She continues her artwork through her paintings, while also working with one of he… In 1988, Gloria began painting and her first work was shown in the exhibition “Utopia Women’s Painting; The First Works of Canvas; a Summer Project 1988 to 1989.” Gloria Petyarre’s earlier paintings show the Awelye designs painted across the women’s breasts and shoulders. Gloria Petyarre makes nature inspired paintings using delicate brush strokes and elements of her Aboriginal culture. Description: GLORIA PETYARRE "Bush Medicine Leaves" Acrylic on linen. https://www.kateowengallery.com/artists/Glo96/Gloria-Petyarre.htm Painted in 2018. I was looking, looking. She has represented several stories from Aboriginal Dreamtime mythology, referring to origin story in which totemic spirits created the aboriginal world. Aboriginal Australian artist Gloria Petyarre is best known for her paintings of undulating abstract fields of lines, which variously reference leaves, grass, and traditional bodypaint. By far the most well known of all Gloria Petyarre’s paintings is Leaves. Gloria Petyarre's leaf or Bush Medicine series, depicting the rushing movement of leaves with terse rhythmic brush strokes has been heralded as one of her most successful stylistic developments to date. Gloria Petyarre, also known as Gloria Pitjara was born in 1942 in Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia.