Awelye - Women's Ceremony Size:90 x 120 cm remains highly valued by the

remains highly valued by the women of Utopia

The Role of Body Painting in Aboriginal Culture

We were walking and hunting all the way

Her work is recognised within the mainstream of contemporary art

This gradual immersion into the intricate methods of painting cultivated a strong artistic identity that would later emerge prominently in her solo works

Awelye - Women's Ceremony Size:90 x 120 cm remains highly valued by theGalyas 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,