Awelye (220353)
Violet Petyarr
Details
- Artist
- Violet Petyarr
- Title
- Awelye (220353)
- Year
- 2002
- Medium
- synthetic polymer on linen
- Size
- 201 x 124 cm
- Details
verso: STI 5002
- Stock Number
- 220353
Provenance
The artist
Urapuntja Arts and Crafts, Utopia, Northern Territory
Further Information
An Eastern Anmatyarr speaker, Violet was born c.1925. Her country is Atnangkere Soakage and she is associated with the Atneltyeye community. She has an Emu Dreaming in this area which she paints. Like most of the Utopia artists, she began to work with paint and canvas in the summer of 1988 -89. Her sisters, Nancy Petyarr and Myrtle Petyarr also paint occasionally.
Vivien Johnson, ''Artists of the Western Desert'', p. 200
Michael Boulter, ''The Art of Utopia'', pl. 32