Awelye Nancy-petyarre-tag She began station work at

She began station work at the age of 15 years

continuing in the footsteps of her late grandmother and mother in telling the Seven Sisters story and how it relates to kapi tjukula (many rock holes)

In her paintings Marissa depicts her country

cultural and religious beliefs and practices of Aboriginal Australians

Awelye Nancy-petyarre-tag She began station work atMinnie painted stories, or Dreamings, connected to the bush tomato and the wild desert orange. The people of Utopia call these plants anemangkerr and akarley. In her paintings, both fruits are shown as circles. A shape that appears often in her work hangs down and is filled with parallel lines. It represents a womans breast decorated for womens ceremony. Minnie was a respected tribal elder and ceremonial body painter, and she brought parts of that