Gloria Tamerre Petyarre (born 1945)

UNTITLED (BODY PAINT DESIGN), 1994

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

triptych: 150.0 x 180.0 cm (overall)

Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney (label attached verso each panel)
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1995

Second National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Art Award and Exhibition, Old Parliament House, Canberra, 13 December 1994 – 22 January 1995, cat. 102, p. 24 (illus.)

The Australian Heritage Commission exhibition catalogue which accompanies this painting states: ‘This painting depicts Awelye (body paint design) which is related to the Mountain devil Lizard (Anycerthe) and to Gloria’s traditional lands, Anungura near Utopia. This area has had and always will have special significance to the traditional owners and should be protected.’