null
$775.00

or make 4 interest-free payments of $193.75 AUD fortnightly with Afterpay More info

Original Artwork - MB060877

Write a Review

Options

$775.00
Or

Frequently Bought Together:

Original Artwork - MB060877
Inc. GST
Ex. GST

Info

,Shipping:

Info

Shipping:
Free Shipping

Artist Profile

Carmen began painting for Mbantua Gallery in November 2004. Also an artist, her …

Artist Profile

Artist Profile

Born:

1984

Language Group:

Alyawarre

Country:

Arawerre (Soapy Bore), Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Medium:

Acrylic on Canvas and Linen

Subjects:

Irreyakwerre (Wild Onion) Dreaming, Bush Flowers, Country, Women Collecting Imuna (Bush Food), Waterhole in my Country, Women Collecting Irreyakwerre (Wild Onion)

Carmen began painting for Mbantua Gallery in November 2004. Also an artist, her mother in law is Janice Clarke Kngwarreye. Carmen is daughter of Susan Pwerle Chalmers and the late Larry Kngwarreye Jones. She has a sister and a brother, Maryanne Petyarre and Wayne Petyarre.

Carmen predominantly paints the Bush Onion which belongs to her mother's country. Carmen grew up in the Utopia Region where she still resides with her husband Bobby Clark, and three sons. She has also spent time living at Santa Teresa with her mother's family. Carmen attended a bush school at Soapy Bore (Arawerre) and Yirrara College in Alice Springs.

COLLECTIONS
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT

Description

Artist: Carmen Jones Petyarre

Size: 60 x 60cm

Title: Irreyakwerre (Wild Onion) Dreaming

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Year Painted: 2023

Irreyakwerre (Wild Onion) Dreaming

Carmen paints the story of the Irreyakwerre (Wild Onion). This plant is also known as yalka, nalgoo or onion grass (Cyperus bulbosus). The Irreyakwerre is one of the most important food plants in Central Australia, growing throughout the area and producing bulbs (onions) all year round except for a few weeks after rain when they germinate to form new plants.

Free Shipping on this Painting - WORLDWIDE!