BORN: 1961
REGION: North Eastern Central Australia
LANGUAGE GROUP: Anmatyerr
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Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarrey is the daughter of Nancy Petyarr, one of the celebrated Petyarr sisters widely recognised as important painters of the Utopia region. Elizabeth lives at Mosquito Bore with her husband Cowboy Loy Pwerl who is also a painter. She has only been painting since 2005.
Elizabeth paints the Leaf, Seed and Flower of the Bush Yam, a tuber plant, in a series of tiny coloured flicks that undulate across the canvas. In her paintings, she shows the wind moving through the yam plant, producing a beautiful and captivating sense of movement.