MARY RUMBLE PITJARA – ABORIGINAL ART
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Artist Profile · Northern Territory
Mary Rumble Pitjara
Alyawarr artist from Utopia, painting Kangaroo, Awelye and Bush Grass Dreamings.
Born
c. 1957, Utopia
Language group
Alyawarr
Skin name
Pitjara (also spelled Petyarre)
Region
Utopia, Central Australia
Family
Mary Rumble Pitjara was born around 1957 in the Utopia region of Central Australia. She is the sister of the artist Katie Rumble, and her extended family includes the well-known artists Gloria Petyarre and Gracie Morton Pwerle.
Her work
Mary paints the Dreamings of her Country at Utopia, including Kangaroo Dreaming, Bush Grass, and Awelye, the body-paint designs of women’s ceremony.
Awelye (Women’s Ceremony)
Bush Grass
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