Untitled (Awelye) 1992
acrylic on canvas
132 x 132 cms unframed
Untitled (Awelye) 1992acrylic on canvas
132 x 132 cms unframed
Awelyle 1990silkscreen print 2/50
56 x 76 cms unframed
Untitledacrylic on polycotton
180 x 180 cms unframed
Untitled 1996acrylic on paper
47 x 56 cms unframed
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Brief biography
Born around 1945 in the country of Atnangkere, Gloria is the most consistently well-known painter of the seven Petyarre sisters. She paints landscapes (having won the Wynne Prize for landscape in 1995) but also paints Awelye (women's ceremonies) derived from women's body paint designs and those of the Arnkerrth (Mountain Devil Lizard). Other subjects are those based on a great variety of bush food. A leading member of the Utopia batik group in the 1980s, she travelled to Ireland, England, France, Thailand and India representing the Utopia women with the exhibition, Utopia – A Picture Story, the Holmes a Court Collection, 1990. Petyarre is one of the most widely exhibited Utopia artists whose works have been shown nationally and internationally.
About the works
Gloria paints traditional women's business subjects. Using close tonal values of different colours to create a dynamic optical intensity, she continually experiments in her practice with powerful structural linear patterns derived from body painting, outlined with single dots. Her paintings are often developed to a sophisticated level of abstraction typical of much contemporary painting.
Works in the Allens collection
Awelye 1989
acrylic on linen
90 x 60 cms unframed
Awelye 1990
silkscreen print 2/50
56 x 76 cms unframed
Untitled (Awelye) 1992
acrylic on canvas
132 x 132 cms unframed
Untitled 1995
acrylic on canvas
203 x 78 cms unframed
Untitled 1995
acrylic on paper
56 x 76 cms unframed
Untitled 1996
acrylic on paper
47 x 56 cms unframed
Untitled 1996
acrylic on paper
47 x 56 cms unframed
Untitled 1996
acrylic on canvas
188 x 60 cms unframed
Untitled 1998
acrylic on linen
191 x 56 cms unframed
Untitled
acrylic on polycotton
180 x 180 cms unframed
