Evelyn Pultara |
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Evelyn Pultara was born around 1940 at Woodgreen Station, the cattle property adjoining Utopia Station, north east of Alice Springs. She is an Anmatyerre woman and the mother of six children. Evelyn began painting in 1997. Her early works were paintings on traditional themes of bush tucker and awelye (women's ceremonial body paint designs). Now she exclusively paints her plant totem, the bush yam. Like her late aunt Emily Kame Kngwarreye and her full brother Greeny Purvis, Evelyn Pultara was born with bush yam (pencil yam) as her totem. Greeny and Evelyn are the only two Anmatyerre speakers who are allowed to paint the Bush Yam represented in lines, depicting the transition of the seasons. As her totem, it is Evelyn's responsibility to pay homage to it through song and dance in ceremony, and now in the form of painting. Evelyn Pultara now lives in the small township of Wilora in the Northern Territory, 200 kilometres north of Alice Springs. Evelyn has exhibited at the Walkabout Gallery 2003, Sydney, 'Evelyn Pultara' abOrigena, Milan 2004, 'The Art of Evelyn Pultara' Gig Gallery, Sydney 2005,"Linda Syddick & Evelyn Pultara", Japingka Gallery, Fremantle 2005 |
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