Bush Medicine Leaves Medium:Acrylic on Linen Violet Petyarre and her sisters

Violet Petyarre and her sisters inherited the Thorny Devil Lizard Dreaming from their paternal grandmother

Gallery Gondwana

Although she learned by observing those around her

She was a prominent Australian Aboriginal artist from Utopia

Barbara Weir: A Life in Art

Bush Medicine Leaves Medium:Acrylic on Linen Violet Petyarre and her sistersGlorias Leaves, also known as Bush Medicine Leaves, are among the most popular and frequently painted images in Australian art. The Leaves paintings depict bush medicine leaves that fall seasonally to the ground, forming rhythmic, swirling patterns. These leaves come from the Eremophila dalyana shrub, commonly known as Desert Fuchsia. For generations, Glorias clan has used this shrub as the basis for a bush medicine believed to help with kidney