GLORIA PETYARRE - MOUNTAIN DEVIL LIZARD DREAMING

 GLORIA PETYARRE
MOUNTAIN DEVIL LIZARD DREAMING,  2002
300 x 200cm
synthetic polymer paint on belgian linen
 
PROVENANCE
Utopia, NT
Urapunja Artists, Utopia, Northern Territory(stock STI-05602)Simon Turner International, New South WalesPrivate Collection - Sydney, NSWCooee Art Gallery, NSW 
 
STORY
This painting is based on womens ceremonial body paint designs, the translation to canvas offering a further aesthetic appreciation of an art tradition grown from one of the worlds oldest living cultures.
 
EXHIBITED
2003 - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, QLD2004 - Australian Outback Gallery, QLD2008 - Utopian Modern Womenā€™s Collection, Coo-ee Aboriginal 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