Awelye - Body Painting Medium:Acrylic on Linen 1936 in the Gibson Desert

1936 in the Gibson Desert in Western Australia

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

She grew up there with her family of one father

It captures the essence of ancestral journeys across the landscape and embodies the collective memory and spiritual connection of the Pintupi people to their land

Awelye - Body Painting Medium:Acrylic on Linen 1936 in the Gibson Desert4 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.