Gloria Petyarre
Anmatyerre / Alyawerre · Utopia, NT · b. c. 1945
Gloria Petyarre is the pioneer of the Bush Medicine Leaves painting style. In 1999 she won the prestigious Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales — a landmark moment for Indigenous art. Her flowing, layered compositions depict the medicinal leaves used by Anmatyerre women, capturing wind, movement, and the deep botanical knowledge of her people.