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Original Artwork - MB061020
$320.00
1948
Language Group:Anmatyerre
Country:Alhalkere, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas and Linen, Batik on Silk
Subjects:Atnwelarre (Pencil Yam) and Emu Tucker, Alhalkere Country, Awelye (Women's Ceremony), Bush Flowers, Ngkwerlp (Wild Tobacco) Story, Yam Flowers
Dolly participated in the Utopia A Picture Story - a collection of 88 silk batiks (Holmes à Court Collection), which confirmed the artistic credibility of the Utopian Artists. Dolly has continued to paint for Mbantua Gallery over many years. The major subject of her work is Kame, the seed of the pencil yam, and Emu Tucker which belongs to her country, Alhalkere. Dolly is a full sister to Greeny Purvis Petyarre, owner of Alhalkere country.
Artist: Dolly Mills Petyarre
Size: 30 x 30cm
Title: Atnwelarre (Pencil Yam) and Emu Tucker
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year Painted: 2022
Atnwelarre (Pencil Yam) and Emu Tucker
The seed of the Atnwelarre (Pencil Yam) and Ilenyenp (one of the varieties of cassia found in the Utopia Region) are the subject of Dolly's painting. The stories surrounding both of these plants belong to Alhalkere country in the Utopia Region, northeast of Alice Springs.
The patterns signify travelling, dancing and story lines. Intricate dot work represents the yam seeds and the flowers of the cassia. Dolly explains that emus love to eat the delicate golden yellow flower that blooms on this shrub during the hot summer months.
The designs in this painting represent these stories.
