Margaret Scobie | |
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Born | 1948 (age 76–77) Woola Downs, Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Painter |
Known for | Painting, contemporary Indigenous Australian art |
Margaret Scobie (born 1948 in Woola Downs, Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia [1] ) is an Australian Aboriginal artist from the Anmatyerre community, just north of Alice Springs. [2]
Scobie is from one of the most famous Aboriginal artistic families, [3] related to other Aboriginal artists such as Emily Kame Kngwarreye (her aunt), Gloria Petyarre (first cousin), Kathleen Petyarre, Anna Petyarre, and Ada Bird Petyarre. [4]
Margaret Scobie was educated at Ross Park Primary School in Alice Springs. [1] She was introduced to painting at "Awelye" ceremonies and has been a painter for most of her life.
Scobie's painting is to be found in a number of art galleries including the Aboriginal Art Store, [1] the Clare Valley Art Gallery, [3] Didgeridoo Hut & Art Gallery, [5] Doongal Aboriginal Art, [6] Galeria Aniela, [4] and Gallery Gondwana. [7] Most of her artworks depict bush medicine leaves, spinifex grass and Awelye. [8]
Margaret Scobie has three daughters and one son. [9]