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While Gloria began painting Leaves because her Awelye (body paint) paintings began to look like 'leaves scattered on the ground', she is known to have attributed many of her subsequent paintings to medicinal leaves.
It was her mother who taught her how to make a medicinal ointment from these leaves. She would take fat from kangaroos and echidnas and mix it with crushed medicinal leaves.
"Mum was taking the kangaroo fat, and echidna [fat]. We been mixing 'em up".
The ointment was applied to their face and their hair so that its powerful aroma would linger and aid in the relief of colds.
- Exhibition excerpt
This painting represents leaves, some of which have medicinal qualities. This style by Gloria Petyarre is one of the most prestigious styles in Australian art, winning her the acclaimed Wynne Prize in 1999.
This subject does not pertain to stories from Gloria’s culture, but is an original idea created by Gloria.
“That first one. I was looking, looking. Looks like leaf, and I been put another one and another one and ‘ah yeah’. First leaf” - Gloria Petyarre
Featured in Bush Medicine Exhibition
Name: Gloria Tamerre
Skin name: Petyarre (also spelled Pitjara)
Language group: Anmatyerre
Country: Atnangkere
Region: Utopia, Central Australia
Born: 1945
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Catalogue number: 18233
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"Gloria's influence spans three decades and is shaped by her innate sense of truth. Gloria has remained true to herself, defying confines of culture and traditions, and expressing herself both artistically and personally with the fullest of life."
Gloria Petyarre on Desert Doll
Gloria Petyarre's Leaves paintings adorn Desert Doll's Australian Aboriginal art range.
Desert Doll is an Australian brand focused on sharing and celebrating Indigenous art and cultures of the world.
Painted in Matisse's Yellow Oxide, a rich colour reminiscent of yellow ochre found in Central Australia. The colour is complimented with Ash Pink and Australian Ghost Gum, and lit with Titanium White.
