Awelye - Body Painting Medium:Acrylic on Linen Two Jangala men

Two Jangala men

Margaret’s work sits prominently in private collections across Australia and her work has been acquired by the Australia France Foundation Collection

Continuing their travels the women stopped at a site called Ngutjulnga

Aboriginal ceremonies reflect the diversity and complexity of the cultural and spiritual practices that exist within Aboriginal communities across Australia

As is the case with a number of other older ladies of the desert her paintings demonstrate one of the last remaining links with women's ceremonial knowledge

Awelye - Body Painting Medium:Acrylic on Linen Two Jangala men4 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.