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Awelyeby Violet PetyarreThe paintings depicts Awelye body paint design associated with Violet Petyarre's Dreaming, The Mountain Devil Lizard Ancestor (Arnkerrth). These markings depicted in the artwork are applied onto her upper body before singing and dancing her Dreaming, bringing her close to Arnkerrth (Mountain Devil Lizard). |
ArtistViolet Petyarre was born c.1946 at Atnagkere Soakage at Utopia in central Australia. Violet Petyarre is sister to artists Kathleen, Gloria, Ada Bird (passed away 2010), Nancy Kunoth (passed away 2010), Myrtle and Jean Petyarre. Like her sisters, she was involved in the batik movement that established the women artists of Utopia. Her work is represented in the Holmes a Court collection. 
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