Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming Size:30 x 90 cm and also paints the Tjukurpa

and also paints the Tjukurpa of her mother’s Country Piltati

120 x 120 cm

Barbara resumed her relationship with her aunty Emily and first became involved with the batik movement at Utopia

she contributed significantly to Utopia’s reputation as a centre of Indigenous art

the latter becoming as iconic as Gloria Petyarre’s ‘Medicine Leaf Dreaming’

Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming Size:30 x 90 cm and also paints the TjukurpaAcross her career, Gloria has returned to subjects such as Awelye and Arnkerrthe, the Mountain Devil Lizard (Moloch horridus). These paintings express her deep connection to Country and the stories of her people, drawing on womens ceremonial body paint designs translated into restrained patterns and forms.