Bush Medicine Leaves

Gloria Petyarre

$12,000.00

Bush Medicine Leaves, a traditional Indigenous plant, are a key motif for Gloria Petyarre and a number of Australian Aboriginal artists from Utopia in Central Australia. The story is an important one for Anmatyerre and Alyawarr people of Utopia. In the process of making their paintings the artists are paying homage to the spirit of the medicinal plant and encouraging its regeneration for its healing powers.

Gloria Petyarre, was one of Australia’s most successful and significant female artists. Her depiction of the Kurrajong bush medicine leaves-with her layered, free-flowing, swirling brushstrokes that scatter across the canvas-became her iconic motif. She has travelled safely home to her Anmatyerre Country and her beautiful spirit will continue to radiate through her canvases. A friend sadly missed.