Artist

Anna Price Petyarre (Pitjara) was born in 1965. A very talented artist, Anna is the daughter of the late Glory Ngarla and niece to Kudditji Kngwarreye. Her country is Alhalkere and her language is Anmatyerre.

Anna paints Yam, Wildflowers, Emu, Wild Potato and Campsite Dreamings. Earlier in her career, Anna depicted these Dreamings using a bright, bold linear style or intricate dot work with very small blocks of colour.

An Anmatyerre speaker, Anna is also fluent in English. She began painting in 1988 when the medium of acrylic paint on canvas and was introduced to the community of Utopia for their inaugural painting exhibition, Utopia Womens’ Paintings: The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project for the S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney. Before this Anna produced batik.

Under the careful guidance of Gloria Tamerre Petyarre, Anna began to paint her own work.

Artwork Information

This piece was painted in 2001 and is 60cm x 91cm in size.

Artwork is currently stretched.

Dreaming

The piece represents the ‘Wild Flower Dreaming’. In this piece, Anna pays tribute to the new growth of flowers, scrubs and bushland growing after bushfire has come through and burnt the land.

Medium

All the artwork provided is done on with highest quality linen canvas, acrylic paints, oils and brushes ensuring the longevity of each piece of work.