posted August 9, 2017 #
There is no digital representation of the paintings of
Gloria Petyarre that can do them justice. The Australian Aboriginal artist creates enormous canvas pieces depicting
Bush Medicine Dreaming. A bit more on that:
Bush medicine leaves derive from a particular native shrub which grows abundantly in the desert regions of Utopia, north-east of Alice Springs. During the life of the plant, the leaves change colour and exhibit different medicinal properties. The artists who paint this story represent the leaves as they float to the ground, and they employ a range of brush strokes and colours to represent the leaves at different times of the year.
Peruse the
Leaves collection and you will see intricate, massive, wavelike patterns. It's hard to imagine the process of actually creating these pieces and an immersive experience to see them in person at the scale they were intended.
