Charlie Petyarre Jones

Artist: Charlie Petyarre Jones

Skin Name: Petyarre

Language Group: Alyawarr

Region: Utopia

Vendor: Utopian Aboriginal Art

Dreaming: Kangaroo (Aherr), Wallaby (Greyeng), Snake (Kwerreny)

Charlie Petyarre Jones born in 1968 is son of renowned artist Freddy Kngwarreye Jones who sanctions what can be shown and painted. As well as passing his Dreaming onto his son Charlie, Freddy has taught Charlie his technique with acrylic painting.

Son and father often collaborate on painting their Dreaming. Charlie lives on Thelye outstation on Utopia and speaks the Alyawarr language.

Charlie paints the Kangaroo Dreaming (Altyerre). This is the ground design for the sacred ceremony of the Old Man Kangaroo. The designs are prepared on the ground during lengthy song cylces marking the journey of the Ancestors whose design is depicted. The central motif is the Old Man Kangaroo's spiritual centre.

Exhibitions:

• 2007 – Eastern Desert Dreaming-Artists from Utopia, GalleryG, Brisbane
• 2007 - Patterns of Power, Art from the Eastern Desert, Simmer on the Bay, Sydney