week 9

Anna Petyarre

is an Anmatyerre woman, born at Utopia in 1960, she paints beautifully painting based on the bush yam and yam seed dreaming. Anna Petyarre is renowned for her fine painting technique and for the care and pride she takes in her work, producing intricate and sensitive paintings that relate to the traditional culture of her Anmatyerre heritage.

http://www.japingka.com.au/paintings.cfm?nextImage=1&paintingID=3158&artistID=47

On a personal note i think out of everything i have seen so far this is my favorite artist the work is beautiful but simple using only 2 colour black and white the contrast makes the design jump from the canvas.