Artist: Teresa Purla| Title: My Grandmother's Country| Year: 2000 | Medium: acrylic paint on canvas | Dimensions: 122 x 91 cm
PROVENANCE
The Jacquie McPhee Collection
Illustrated in The Greatest Passion of All, The The Jacquie McPhee Collection.
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/REGION
Utopia, NT
LANGUAGE
Anmatyerre
BIOGRAPHY
Teresa Purla, born in 1963, is an accomplished artist belonging to the Anmatyerre language group from Atnwengerrp in the Utopia Region located northeast of Alice Springs, NT. She paints her grandmother's country and Awelye (Women's Ceremony) for Anemangkerr (Bush Melon) using acrylic on canvas and linen.
Teresa is the daughter of the renowned artist Barbara Weir. She spent part of her early life in Papunya with her mother and began her painting career in 1990. Teresa's paintings are known for their intricate detail and her painting style bears resemblance to her mother's acclaimed "My Mother's Country" series.
Her work has been exhibited at Mbantua Gallery in Alice Springs in 2000, the Quadrivium Gallery in Sydney in 2001, and the "My Grandmother and Me" exhibition for World Vision Walkabout in Sydney in 2003. Additionally, in October 2013, the Red Centre Garden was inaugurated in Canberra's Botanic Garden, featuring pavement artwork based on Teresa’s designs.
REFERENCES
Mbantua Gallery, NT.
PROVENANCE
The Jacquie McPhee Collection
Illustrated in The Greatest Passion of All, The The Jacquie McPhee Collection.
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/REGION
Utopia, NT
LANGUAGE
Anmatyerre
BIOGRAPHY
Teresa Purla, born in 1963, is an accomplished artist belonging to the Anmatyerre language group from Atnwengerrp in the Utopia Region located northeast of Alice Springs, NT. She paints her grandmother's country and Awelye (Women's Ceremony) for Anemangkerr (Bush Melon) using acrylic on canvas and linen.
Teresa is the daughter of the renowned artist Barbara Weir. She spent part of her early life in Papunya with her mother and began her painting career in 1990. Teresa's paintings are known for their intricate detail and her painting style bears resemblance to her mother's acclaimed "My Mother's Country" series.
Her work has been exhibited at Mbantua Gallery in Alice Springs in 2000, the Quadrivium Gallery in Sydney in 2001, and the "My Grandmother and Me" exhibition for World Vision Walkabout in Sydney in 2003. Additionally, in October 2013, the Red Centre Garden was inaugurated in Canberra's Botanic Garden, featuring pavement artwork based on Teresa’s designs.
REFERENCES
Mbantua Gallery, NT.