Gloria Petyarre is an important artist from the Utopia region in the Northern Territory. Her main Dreamings are Mountain Devil Lizard and Bush Medicine Leaf. She lived at the Utopia community after 1977, where she started to do batik painting and exhibiting in shows around Australia for ten years.

She began work on the 'Summer Project' in 1989 which involved translating the batik paintings onto canvas. She was one of the founding members of this Utopia Women's Batik Group. In 1999, she won the prestigious Wynne Landscape Prize. Gloria's style is energetic and dynamic. Her paintings are a must for any comtemporary Aboriginal Art collection. This work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and a photo of the artist with the painting.