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Artist Profile

Joycie was born in Alice Springs in 1976 and started painting when she was ninet…

Artist Profile

Artist Profile

Born:

1976

Language Group:

Alyawarre

Country:

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

Medium:

Acrylic on Canvas

Subjects:

Bush Tucker, Irreyakwerre (Wild Onion) Dreaming, Bush Medicine, Country, Bush Flowers, Women Collecting Imuna (Bush Food)

Joycie was born in Alice Springs in 1976 and started painting when she was nineteen. Her mother is Betty Mills Pwerle. Cindy Morton is her sister and Nikita Inkamala is her daughter. Joycie and Nikita began painting for Mbantua Gallery in 2017. She has seven children.

Joycie has many dreamings that passed down from her grandmother, big Betty Kemarre who was involved in the Utopia Women's Batik Group. Joycie said she learnt everything from her grandmother, hunting, bush tucker, dreamings, bush medicine and painting.

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Artist: Joycie Morton Petyarre

Size: 90 x 60cm

Title: Bush Medicine

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Year Painted: 2023

Bush Medicine

Joycie paints Bush Medicine. There are different types of bush medicine in the Central Desert. In the 'olden days' the leaves and the seeds of this plant were gathered, ground and mixed with animal fat (today a commercial oil is used) and it is then used as an ointment or boiled in water for medicinal use.

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