Awelye - Body Painting Size:143 x 197 cm when fused together

when fused together

and taught her and her two young sisters to live a traditional life

Aboriginal body art has been historically utilized by various tribes across Australia to signify a wide array of significant cultural rituals

Jorna lived a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle with her parents

Awelye - Body Painting Size:143 x 197 cm when fused together4 Sisters, Minnie, Galya Emily and Molly painting Awelye Awelye Atnwengerrp the title of the painting refers to significant aspects of the life of the artists Minnie, Molly, Galya and Emily Pwerle . These are bush fruits, body paint, ceremonies, dancing lines and their homeland Atnwengerrp, a region of Utopia, some 250 km north west of Alice Springs in Central Australia. In their paintings, Minnie, Molly, Emily and Galya draw on the same dreamings.