Sandy Hunter Petyarre - Artist Info

About Sandy Hunter Petyarre

Name variants

Sandy Hunter
  • Biography

    The son of Johnny Ngwarai Hunter and Molly Bula Hunter, Sandy Pitjara (Petyarre) Hunter was born on MacDonald Downs in December 1953 into the Alyawarr tribe. He lives at Irrultja on Utopia and is married to painter Elizabeth Kamara Leo. His sisters Annie, Jessie and Susan are also painters.

    His Dreaming is Caterpillar (Atlerlayt) which was passed down to him from his father and he also paints Bush Tucker Seeds.

    Sources include:
    utopianaboriginalart.com.au

** If you discover credit omissions or have additional information to add, please let us know at .

Share an image of the Artist: .