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MB050677

Alpar (Rat-Tail Plant) Story

Maggie Bird Mpetyane

Maggie Bird Mpetyane

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Acrylic on Canvas
Size
120 x 60cm
Year Painted
2016
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MB050677

Alpar (Rat-Tail Plant) Story

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Artist Profile

Maggie Bird Mpetyane is the eldest daughter of artist Paddy Bird (deceased) and …

Artist Profile

Artist Profile

Maggie Bird Mpetyane
Born:

1973

Language Group:

Anmatyerre

Country:

Ilkawerne (El-go-an-na) , Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Medium:

Acrylic on Canvas and Linen

Subjects:

Alpar (Rat-Tail Plant) Story, Awelye (Women's Ceremony), Imuna (Bush Food)

Maggie Bird Mpetyane is the eldest daughter of artist Paddy Bird (deceased) and Eileen Bird. Her grandmother is the late Ada Bird Petyarre, a highly respected senior artist from Utopia. Maggie has worked as a teacher's assistant at Akaye School for 7-9 year olds. She likes reading, math's and teaching the English language to the children. In her spare time she enjoys painting with her large extended family at Utopia, as well as hunting for sugar bags, honey ants, goanna and kangaroos.

COLLECTIONS
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT
EXHIBITIONS
2002-2004
Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions
2003
My Grandmother and Me, World Vision Walkabout, Sydney, NSW

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Artist Name, Artwork Size, Medium, Year Painted,

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Artist Name:
Maggie Bird Mpetyane
Artwork Size:
120 x 60cm
Medium:
Acrylic on Canvas
Year Painted:
2016
Title:
Alpar (Rat-Tail Plant) Story
Free Shipping Worldwide!:
This painting on canvas will be shipped in a cylinder to you free of charge, worldwide! An option to have this painting 'stretched' onto a wooden frame may be available. If selected, further charges will apply and will be calculated at checkout.

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Maggie paints the story of the rat-tail goosefoot or green crumbweed plant. In Maggie's language it is called Alpar. This small, erect herb is sticky to touch and scented heavily of citrus. Growing especially well in Mulga tree communities, it is found in abundance in Maggie's home in the Utopia Region, north east of Alice Springs.

Located at
Mbantua Alice Gallery