Sandra Jones Petyarre
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Artist Profile · Northern Territory
Sandra Jones Petyarre
Utopia artist from Soapy Bore, painting Honey Grevillea, Bush Onion and women’s ceremony.
Skin name
Petyarre (also Pitjara)
Community
Soapy Bore (Arawerr), Utopia, NT
Also known as
Sandra Pitjara Jones
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
About Sandra
Sandra Jones Petyarre is an emerging Indigenous artist from Soapy Bore in the Utopia region, about 270 km north-east of Alice Springs. She learned to paint from her mother and aunties, and the stories she paints have been handed down through the generations of her family.
Her work
Sandra paints the plants of her Country and the women’s ceremonies connected to them: Tharrkarr (honey grevillea), whose nectar-rich flowers are a sweet bush treat; Irreyakwerre (bush onion); and Ntyeny Ngkwarl (red mallee flower).
Her Awelye paintings celebrate Tharrkarr, echoing the body paint designs women wear during ceremony.
Irreyakwerre (Bush Onion)
Ntyeny Ngkwarl (Red Mallee Flower)
Awelye (Women’s Ceremony)
Related artists
Other artists from Soapy Bore (Arawerr) include Alysia Jones Kngwarreye and Annie Pitjara Hunter.
Buying Sandra’s work
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