GLORIA PETYARRE - BUSH MEDICINE

 GLORIA PETYARRE
BUSH MEDICINE,  2002
300 x 200cm
synthetic polymer paint on belgian linen
 
PROVENANCE
Utopia, NT
Urapunja Artists, Utopia, Northern Territory(stock STI-08502)Simon Turner International, NSWPrivate Collection - Sydney, NSWCooee Art Gallery, NSW 
 
STORY
Gloria depicts the movement of the leaves through the trees and the leaves floating to the ground, this sense of motion is seen throughout her paintings.This story relates to a native tree that grows abundantly in the desert regions of Utopia. The green leaves are gathered by women and ground with a stone. When mixed with water this forms a medicinal solution for coughs and colds.This Bush Medicine has been passed down through each generation over thousands of years.
 
EXHIBITED
2003 - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, QLD2008 - Utopian Modern Womenā€™s Collection, Cooee Art Gallery, NSW2008 - Black and White, NG Art Gallery, NSW2009 - Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, VIC 2015 - Outback to Abstract - Exhibition at Chiefly Plaza, Sydney, Soho Gallery and Coo-ee Gallery in collaboration 2016 - Cooee Art Gallery at Australian Galleries, April 2016, Australian Galleries Sydney