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BORN IN THE 1940'S ROSEMARY WAS ONE OF A GROUP OF ANMATYERRE WOMEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE ART MOVEMENT IN THE UTOPIA AREA.

 ROSEMARY?S ARTISTIC CAREER BEGAN WITH HER INVOLVEMENT IN THE MAKING OF BATIK IN UTOPIA. SHE WAS AMONGST A SMALL GROUP OF WOMEN WHO TRAVELLED TO INDONESIA TO LEARN VARIOUS TECHNIQUES IN THE MANUFACTURING OF BATIKS.

IT WAS AFTER THE ?SUMMER PROJECT? SPONSORED BY CAAMA NETWORK IN 1998 THAT ROSEMARY SPREAD HER WINGS AND STARTED PAINTING WITH ACRYLICS AND CANVAS.

HER WORKS VARY FROM THE USE OF TRADITIONAL ICONOGRAPHY TO THE MORE CONTEMPORARY STYLES OF THE UTOPIA REGION.

THE THEMES ARE PRIMARILY BUSH MEDICINES, YAM DREAMING AND BODY PAINTING.