Margaret Scobie

Margaret Scobie
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]

See also

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

References

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

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