Since the 80’s Peggy Purvis work paints fascinating and inspiring contemporary landscapes with intricate details and layers over the layers which gives the powerful physical presence of a multi dimensional, contemporary work of art. Peggy Purvis work is represented in many collections all around Australia including Mbantua Museum and Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs NT, America and Europe. BIOGRAPHY

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Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Image Size: 35 x 35cm
Framed Size: 45 x 45 cm
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PeggyPKPO7044-1

Artist: Peggy Purvis
Title: PeggyPKPO7044-1
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Image Size: 35 x 35cm
Framed Size: 45 x 45 cm

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Artist: Peggy Purvis
Title: PeggyPKPO6040-2
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Image Size: 35 x 35cm
Framed Size: 45 x 45 cm

Notes:
Peggy Purvis work is painted with layers over the layers which gives the physical presence of much contemporary work, intricate details, subtle shades of colour that moves with the viewer’s eyes, a contemporary landscape with lace precision. A powerful, inspiring and fascinating it seems a multi dimensional work of art.

PeggyPKPO6040-1

Artist: Peggy Purvis
Title: PeggyPKPO6040-1
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Image Size: 35 x 35cm
Framed Size: 45 x 45 cm

Notes:
Peggy Purvis work is painted with layers over the layers which gives the physical presence of much contemporary work, intricate details, subtle shades of colour that moves with the viewer’s eyes, a contemporary landscape with lace precision. A powerful, inspiring and fascinating it seems a multi dimensional work of art

PeggyPKPO7044-2

Artist: Peggy Purvis
Title: PeggyPKPO7044-2
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Image Size: 35 x 35cm
Framed Size: 45 x 45 cm

Notes:
Peggy Purvis work is painted with layers over the layers which gives the physical presence of much contemporary work, intricate details, subtle shades of colour that moves with the viewer’s eyes, a contemporary landscape with lace precision. A powerful, inspiring and fascinating it seems a multi dimensional work of art

Peggy Purvis Kemarre Biography
  

            PEGGY PURVIS MPETYANE
            SKIN NAME:      MPETYANE
            LANGUAGE:     ANMATYERRE
            REGION:            UTOPIA,  NT
            DREAMING:      AWEYLE
            COUNTRY:        WOOLA DOWNS AND WOOD GREEN

Peggy Purvis work paints fascinating and inspiring contemporary landscapes with intricate details and layers over the layers which gives the powerful physical presence of a multi dimensional, contemporary work of art. Peggy Purvis work is represented in many collections all around Australia including Mbantua Museum and Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs NT, America and Europe.

Peggy is the sister of Annie, Angela and Susan, their mother being Lorna Pununga. She is related to the renowned Central Australian artist Gloria Pitjara (Petyarre). Peggy paints her mothers dreamings which include Kangaroo and Engedkina (pumpkin dreaming), amongst other general dreamings from the Utopia region. Peggy is an up and coming and well recognised artist.  She spends most of her time in the Utopia homelands community but also paints at Gloria’s studio in Alice Springs. Peggy is not a prolific painter, choosing to paint only when she needs money for shopping rather than big ticket items like motorcars for which many of the artists contend. Peggy was involved with the batik movement during the 1980’s at Utopia. Like her sister Wendy Kunoth Mpetyane, painting and carving are two mediums she uses.

Skin Name: Kemarre
Born: late 1940's
Language Group: Anmatyerre
Subjects: Alpar (Rat-tail plant) Story, Women’s Stories, Awelye (women’s ceremony and body paint designs)

Artist Peggy Purvis Mpetyane

Born c. late 1940’s

Language Group Anmatyerre

Country Utopia Region, N E Alice Springs

Medium Silk Batik, Acrylic on canvas and linen, Wood carving, Seed necklaces

Subject(s) Women’s Stories, Awelye (women’s ceremony and body

paint designs), Bush Foods, Alpar (Rat tail plant)

COLLECTIONS
Represented in many collections all around Australia including Mbantua Museum and Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs NT and Europe.

EXHIBITIONS
2002 Mbantua Gallery - Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A
2002 Mbantua Gallery - 'The Cove Gallery' Portland, Oregon U.S.A. (Benefit - OHSU Heart Research Centre)
2002 Mbantua Gallery - Urban Wine Works, Portland, Oregon U.S.A. (Benefit – OHSU Heart Research Centre)
2002 Mbantua Gallery - Mary's Woods, Portland, Oregon U.S.A (Benefit – OHSU Heart Research Centre)
Aug-Sep 2004 Mbantua Gallery USA exhibition; Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee

Source & FURTHER REFERENCES:
   "Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert - A Biographical Dictionary" by Vivien Johnson, published by Craftsman House 1994,
   "The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture" edited by Sylvia Kleinert and Margo Neale published by OUP 2000,
   “Australian Aboriginal Artist Encyclopedia” – dictionary of biographies” Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004).
  Brody, A. 1989 Utopia women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A summer Project, 1988-89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings, Perth Brody, A. 1990 Utopia, a picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection, Heytesbury Holdings LTD Perth NATSIVAD database;  Latz, P. 1995, Bushfires & Bushtucker, IAD Press, Alice Springs.