#Ada Bird Petyarre

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Ada Bird Petyarre, Awelye, from the portfolio Crossroads 1997

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Esther Haywood, born 1982

in Alice Springs, NT

LANGUAGE GROUP: Alyawarre

COMMUNITY: Utopia, NT

Esther Haywood is part of the exciting next generation of Utopian artists who are using artmaking as a means to uphold their commitment to traditional culture and knowledge. She belongs to the Alyawarre language group and associates with her grandmothers country of Atnangkere in the Utopia region, approximately 230kms north east of Alice Springs.

As a child Esther was surrounded by celebrated Utopian artists who had led the way in depicting their ancient dreaming stories in a highly contemporary and expressive manner. Her aunties include the late Ada Bird Petyarre and Kathleen Petyarre and her cousin is Gracie Pwerle Morton.Her grandmother, internationally acclaimed artist Gloria Petyarre (deceased), taught her the songs, dances and body paint designs to all the stories that belong to her Atnangkere country. In later years, Esther also cared for her grandmother and assisted her with painting.

Esther's intimate knowledge of her culture and Country, as well as her considerable experience in painting with acrylics and canvas, has resulted in an extraordinary body of work for an artist who has only painted in her own right for a short number of years. Her sense of artistic authority has developed quickly and she is exciting everyone with the boldness and beauty of her paintings.

She carries on her grandmother's bush medicine leaf style. Bush Medicine leaves are healing leaves of the Kurrajong tree used by women from the Utopia region in traditional bush medicines. Through painting, Esther pays homage to the spirit of the bush medicine leaves to ensure its regeneration, so her people can continue to benefit from its medicinal powers.As an artist Esther has an incredible eye for detail and beautiful use of colour. Her works are radiant and dynamic. We look forward to seeing Esther develop on her incredible talent in the coming years.

Copyright Kate Owen Gallery June 2021

https://www.kateowengallery.com/artists/Est981/Est18099.htm

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Ada Bird Petyarre ‘Awelye’ (For the Mountain Devil Lizard) 1994.

(Source: artgallery.nsw.gov.au)

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Ada Bird Petyarre 

 Atnangkere (Awelye) 1990

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Ada Bird Petyarre

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Awelye 1997 Ada Bird Petyarr

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Colleen Wallace Nungarrayi, b 1973, 

Significant Countries: Arnumarra, Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa)

Language: Eastern Arrernte.

Living in Utopia with her husband Colin Bird (who is the son of renowned artist Ada Petyarre) and children, Colleen Wallace is renown for her series of Dreamtime Sisters works, a style which are associated with the Keringke artists of Santa Teresa and made famous by her aunt Kathleen Wallace, who passed permission to paint this style to Colleen. 

Born in Santa Teresa, Colleen’s country is called Arnumarra, which is her grandfather’s country, who is Kenny Tilmouth Panangka and who gave her the rights to paint the Yam Dreaming. The Yam Dreaming story links through to the country of Ada Bird Petyarre from Mulga Bore, Utopia.

She also painted stories belonging to her father’s country near Gem Tree, north east of Alice Springs.

 Colleen is also well know for her painting series of Dreamtime Sisters that are based on good spirits that the Eastern Arrernte call ‘Irrernte-arenye’. These spirits who are said to be the first people on earth during the creation time, dance the Awelye (women’s ceremony) as they look after and protect Arnumarra (country) and guard the sacred sites.

https://gallerygondwana.com.au/.../colleen-wallace...