KATHLEEN PETYARRE - MY COUNTRY

 KATHLEEN PETYARRE
MY COUNTRY,  2002
122 x 122 cm
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
 
PROVENANCE
Utopia, NT
Gallerie Australia, SACooee Gallery, NSW old code #8889Private Collection, NSW 
 
STORY
This represents an aerial view composition of Kathleen Petyarreā€™s sacred Dreaming site of the Mountain Devil Lizard in the vicinity of Mosquito Bore on Utopia Station. It is here at this site that the men and women of the eastern Anmatyerre language conduct important secret and sacred initiation ceremonies.This Dreaming site is situated in the artistā€™s fatherā€™s country and the general locality is identified by a group of sand-hills.The painting portrays the area scattered with seeds, summer bush flowers and spinifex grasses. The sand-hills represents a sacred Womenā€™s Dreaming site associated with the green pea (antweth).