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1995
Language Group:Alyawarre
Country:Ampilatwatja, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Subjects:Country, Bush Medicine, Women Collecting Bush Medicine
Taralyn began painting for Mbantua Gallery in 2023. During a bush trip to Utopia in October of that year, she was given her first canvas and paints while waiting at Atnwengerrp, where many regular artists were provided with materials.
Taralyn lives in Ampilatwatja with her husband, Roy Clarke, and their sons. Roy, the son of Utopia artists Janice Clarke Kngwarreye and the late Wally Clarke Pwerle, supports Taralyn's artistic journey. Taralyn's father is Simon Morton Petyarre, and her late mother was from Yuendumu. Her aunt, Colleen Morton Petyarre, has been painting for Mbantua Gallery for many years.
Taralyn paints Bush Medicine. There are different types of bush medicine in the Central Desert. In the 'olden days' the leaves and the seeds of this plant were gathered, ground and mixed with animal fat (today a commercial oil is used) and it is then used as an ointment or boiled in water for medicinal use.
