Bush Yam Dreaming A13389 Margaret Loy Pula Through body painting

Through body painting

Her techniques involve drawing upon all the elements used by artists she had watched painting as a child

Her work frequently captures classic Australian suburban architecture—weatherboard facades

As a child she loved walking all over the country with her grandmother and the other women

Bush Yam Dreaming A13389 Margaret Loy Pula Through body paintingYear: 2007 Size: 136 x 140cm acrylic on linen Evelyn Pultara is from the Utopia area, approx 270kms north of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Her paintings are associated with the Bush Yam,an important food source for Evelyns people. She portrays this in both a linear style and a more abstract style which she developed. In 2005 Evelyn was the winner of the General Painting section of the Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.