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Body PaintViolet Petyarre was born c. 1946 at Atnangkere Soakage, 275 kms north east of Alice Springs. She is the niece of the acclaimed artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye and her paintings are held in private collections and numerous Australian and overseas galleries. Violet Petyarre and her sisters inherited the Thorny Devil Lizard Dreaming from their paternal grandmother. It tells the story of the Old Woman Devil Lizard who travelled across the country creating

demonstrating high originality and inventiveness

In the 1970s

Background and Early Life

Another significant image in her body of work is the evocative “My Mother’s Country”

Her paintings depict the grass in various states: burning

The women also paint a commonly occurring plant which has provided a staple food for Aboriginal people in Utopia for thousands of years

she assisted her husband

1997 Manningham Art Space

Following her late start in painting

linear designs and bold

the bush bean

Margaret’s work sits prominently in private collections across Australia and her work has been acquired by the Australia France Foundation Collection