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Yam Dreamingby Rosemary PetyarreThe painting represents the underground overlapping root system of yam plant. The loose quivering lines depicted in the painting refers to the design Aboriginal women from Utopia paint onto their upper body, to enact the Yam Dreaming, during women's ceremony. The Aboriginal women pay homage to the spirit of the yam plant to ensure perpetual germination. |
ArtistRosemary Petyarre was born in 1945 at Utopia, north east of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Rosemary was involved in the making of batik and in 1994 she and several other women from Utopia travelled to Indonesia to learn different techniques for producing batik. After the Summer Project, sponsored by CAAMA in 1988-89, she commenced painting with acrylic on canvas. Rosemary Petyarre is surrounded by many other family members, who are all accomplished artists. Her Brother is Grenny Purvis Petyarre (passed away 2010), Rosemary sisters are Jeannie Petyarre and Evelyn Pultara. 
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