Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming Nancy-petyarre-tag and Flying Ant

and Flying Ant

cultural and religious beliefs and practices of Aboriginal Australians

Art Gallery of South Australia

The women stopped at Karntakurlangu

or Bush Leaves

Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming Nancy-petyarre-tag and Flying AntViolet Petyarre was born c. 1946 at Atnangkere Soakage, 275 kms north east of Alice Springs. She is the niece of the acclaimed artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye and her paintings are held in private collections and numerous Australian and overseas galleries. Violet Petyarre and her sisters inherited the Thorny Devil Lizard Dreaming from their paternal grandmother. It tells the story of the Old Woman Devil Lizard who travelled across the country creating