Patsy Ross b. 1975
Yawulyu (Women's Body Paint) by Patsy Ross, 2024
58 x 72 cm
22 7/8 x 28 3/8 inches
22 7/8 x 28 3/8 inches
acrylic on canvas
TIAA-PR202437
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Patsy is a Warlpiri artist who paints aspects of women's business, from collecting bush seeds, blackberries and onions to ceremonial details. In this piece, Patsy is depicting a women's body...
Patsy is a Warlpiri artist who paints aspects of women's business, from collecting bush seeds, blackberries and onions to ceremonial details. In this piece, Patsy is depicting a women's body paint design, which would traditionally been painted onto the skin with ochre (natural coloured pigments) for ceremonial purposes. Patsy and her family go out collecting bush tucker when they go back to their community, Willowra in the Northern Territory. It is her familiarity and affection for her abundant country that Patsy chooses to paint in her precisely painted works. Patsy learned to paint from her mother, who she says was the happiest person in the world.