Awelye - Dancing Lines Medium:Acrylic on Linen Galya begins with a foundation

Galya begins with a foundation of traditional Awelye women’s body painting

Recognition and Legacy

As is the case with many of the female western desert painters

unleashing a giant storm

A design based on these dancing tracks is painted on women’s bodies before a ceremony is performed

Awelye - Dancing Lines Medium:Acrylic on Linen Galya begins with a foundation4 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.