Awelye Size:126 x 194 cm It tells the story of

It tells the story of the Old Woman Devil Lizard who travelled across the country creating the landscape and identifying sacred sites

Minnie Pwerle

presenting an almost three-dimensional illusion of space and depth

an artist who has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists since 2005

Awelye Size:126 x 194 cm It tells the story ofGalyas work is distinctive and highly individual. Her early paintings, dating from around 2004, drew on Portulaca oleraceaknown as munyerooa grass once abundant in the Utopia region and an important food source for generations. Its tiny black seed became central to her imagery, with Galya adopting its half circle form as a dominant motif in her paintings. Over fifty years of cattle grazing greatly reduced the abundance of this grass. In her paintings,