Awelye Ena-nakamarra-gibson-tag embodies the abstract qualities that

embodies the abstract qualities that define her later art

275 kms north-east of Alice Springs

I feel proud and closer to my culture when I paint my country

“Dreamworks”

Phyllis Thomas is a Gija woman of Nagarra skin whose bush name

Awelye Ena-nakamarra-gibson-tag embodies the abstract qualities thatGalyas work is distinctive and highly individual. Her early paintings, dating from around 2004, drew on Portulaca oleraceaknown as munyerooa grass once abundant in the Utopia region and an important food source for generations. Its tiny black seed became central to her imagery, with Galya adopting its half circle form as a dominant motif in her paintings. Over fifty years of cattle grazing greatly reduced the abundance of this grass. In her paintings,