Jeannie Petyarre

Jeannie Petyarre was born in the early c.1950 at Boundry Bore, an outstation at Utopia station, east of Alice Springs in central Australia. . Jeannie is a niece of the great Emily Kame Kngwarreye, sister of Rosemary Petyarre and half sister of Evelyn Pultara (2005 Telstra Award winner) and Greeny Purvis Petyarre, who passed away in 2010.

Jeannie is associated with many other family member, which are also know artists, such as Petyarre sisters Gloria, Kathleen and Ada Bird Petyarre (passed away 2010).

In 1988, Jeannie Petyarre was part of the group who produced Batik work using desert design on silk and cotton. Jeannie was encouraged by her aunt, the famous Emily Kngwarreye to continue to paint her family's Yam Dreaming.

Jeannie's work tends to revolve around representations of leaves collected around her country and used for a variety of medicinal purposes. In particular, she returns again and again to "Bush Yam Leaves" and Bush Medicine", both of which themes show flowing representations of the leaves. Typical of Utopian artists, Jeannie rejoices in the use of colour.

Central Art is proud to have such a beautiful collection of her works and included two outstanding works in their " Tradition to Modernity" exhibition 2010. An example of her talent and composition of colour is the artwork she in standing in front of (biography image).

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