Mary Jones Ngala

Mary Jones Ngala is the daughter of the Utopian artist Myrtle Petyarre. She grew up surrounded by many family painters, such as her aunt's , the famous Petyarre Sisters, Gloria, Ada, Nancy and Kathleen. Mary's sister is Gracie Morton Pwerle.

Mary was born at MacDonald Downs and lives at Thelye, an outstation on Utopia in central Australia. Once Mary's five children were grown up she began to paint in a style, which is unmistakable similar to that of her mother, aunties and sister.

Mary's style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a fine delicate dotting technique combined with traditional colours derived from natural ochres. Mary's signature work is the Blush plum known to the Alyawarr people as Arnwekety. Her work reflects directly to her homeland of Utopia and associated country surrounding the eastern area of central Australia.

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