GLORIA PETYARRE - BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES

GLORIA PETYARRE
BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES,  2009
125 x 179 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
 
REGION
Utopia, NT
 
PROVENANCE
Our Land Gallery, WA Cat No. IW5759
Private Collection, NSW

Signed verso Gloria 
 
STORY
This painting represents Leaves, also known as Leaves on the Ground. Gloria created this design and subject on day in April 1994; "That first one. I was looking, looking. Looks like leaf, and I been put another one and another one and 'ah yeah'. First leaf'. (Gloria Petyarre).

Leaves by Gloria Petyarre is one of the most prestigious styles in Australian art, winning the Wynne Prize in 1999. This subject does not pertain to stories from Gloria's culture, but is an original idea created by Gloria.
 
 
ARTIST PROFILE
GLORIA PETYARRE