JEANNIE PETYARRE "Bush Yam Leaves" Hand Signed Acrylic on Canvas 196cm x 126cm

JEANNIE PETYARRE/PITJARA (c1956 - ) Hand Signed, Original Acrylic On Canvas Painting Title: Bush Yam Leaves Image Size: 196cm x 126cm Signed: Verso (Jeannie) Condition: Excellent - New Stretched and Ready to Hang. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and photo of Jeannie with this work. You can also come view this work and many others in our Surry Hills Gallery in Sydney. Please message me to arrange a time to view in person. ** FREE Delivery Sydney Metro. Serafin Martinez Principal, Martinez Art Dealer Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia ABN 36 561 407 649 Biography: Jeannie Petyarre is a member of a family of artists that includes Kathleen Petyarre, Ada Bird Petyarre and Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Jeannie is from the Utopia district of Central Australia. Her works feature in a number of collections including the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth, as well as many private collections. Jeannie Petyarre artist family at Boundary Bore, an outstation on the Utopia homelands, 270km north east of Alice Springs. Jeannie began her painting career in the 1980s, with her works predominantly representing the traditional plants that her people collect and use as food sources and for medicinal purposes, specifically the Bush Yam and Bush Medicine Leaves. Jeannie was encouraged by her aunt, Emily Kngawarreye to continue to paint her families 'Dreaming stories', a collection of family art works which include Bush Medicine, Bush Yam Dreaming, and Wildflower Dreaming.