Awelye Size:90 x 120 cm Northern Territory (referred to as

Northern Territory (referred to as Unupurna in her local language)

Her work is distinguished by its originality and spiritual depth

not just as Indigenous art

From the outset

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Awelye Size:90 x 120 cm Northern Territory (referred to asGalyas 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,