Margaret Scobie Explained

Margaret Scobie
Birth Place:	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. 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, the Clare Valley Art Gallery, Didgeridoo Hut & Art Gallery,^[5] Doongal Aboriginal Art,^[6] Galeria Aniela, 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.

See also

• Dreaming (Australian Aboriginal art)
• The Dreaming
• List of Indigenous Australian visual artists

External links

• Margaret Scobie at Artnet
• Margaret Scobie at Aboriginal Art
• Margaret Scobie at Aboriginal Art Galleries
• Margaret Scobie at MutualArt
• https://aboriginalartpaintings.com/the-artists/margaret-scobie

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margaret Scobie – Biography . Aboriginal Art Store . Australia . 8 December 2018 .
2. Book: Aboriginal Artists Dictionary of Biographies: Western Desert, Central Desert and Kimberley Region . Margo . Birnberg . Janusz B. . Kreczmanski . 2004 . J.B. Pub. . Australia . 978-1876622473 .
3. Web site: Margaret Scobie B.1948 . Clare Valley Art Gallery . 8 December 2018 .
4. Web site: Margaret Scobie B.1948 . Galeria Aniela . 8 December 2018 .
5. Web site: Margaret Scobie . Didgeridoo Hut + Art Gallery . Australia . 8 December 2018 .
6. Web site: Margaret Scobie . Doongal Aboriginal Art . Australia . 8 December 2018 .
7. Web site: Margaret Scobie . Gallery Gondwana . Australia . 8 December 2018 .
8. Web site: Margaret Scobie . Aboriginal Art Galleries . Australia . 8 December 2018 .