Charlie Petyarre Jones

Artist: Charlie Petyarre Jones

Skin Name: Petyarre (also known as Pitjara)

Language Group: Alyawarr

Region: Thelye, Utopia, Northern Territory

Vendor: Utopian Aboriginal Art

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

Charlie Petyarre Jones born in 1968 is son of renowned artist Freddy Kngwarreye Jones who sanctions what can be shown and painted. Charlie lives on Thelye outstation on Utopia with his family and speaks the Alyawarr language.

As well as passing his Dreamings onto his son Charlie, Freddy has taught Charlie his technique with acrylic painting. Son and father often collaborate on painting their Dreaming.

Charlie paints many Dreamings which include the Kangaroo (Aherr), Caterpillar (Aylperlayt), Wallaby (Greyneng) and Snake (Kwerreny). The designs are prepared on the ground during lengthy song cycles marking the journey of the Ancestors whose design is depicted.

Exhibitions:

• 2007 - Eastern Desert Dreaming-Artists from Utopia, GalleryG, Brisbane
• 2007 - Patterns of Power, Art from the Eastern Desert, Simmer on the Bay, Sydney
• 2008 - Power of Place, Paintings and Sculpture from the Eastern Desert, Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide