1971
Language Group:Anmatyerre
Country:Alhalkere, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Subjects:Atnwelarre (Pencil Yam) and Kame (Seed)
Bessie began painting for Mbantua Gallery in 2005. Her mother, Polly Ngale, has been a painter for a very long time and Bessie is very proud to continue on the tradition and paint alongside her mother. Bessie paints her mother's story, the Conkerberry Dreaming. She resides in Utopia with her husband and four children.
Artist: Bessie Purvis Petyarre
Size: 45 x 30cm
Title: Anwekety (Conkerberry)
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year Painted: 2024
Anwekety (Conkerberry)
Bessie paints the conkerberry. In Anmatyerre the conkerberry is called Anwekety. This fruit looks very similar to a plum and is often referred to in English by Bessie as a 'bush plum'. In the Dreamtime, winds blew from all directions, carrying the Anwekety seed over Bessie's ancestors' land. The first Anwekety of the Dreamings then grew, bore fruit and dropped more seeds. Many winds blew the seeds all over the Dreaming lands.
