Bush Tomato Janie-kulyuru-lewis-tag was born between 1910 and

was born between 1910 and 1922

my older sister and myself

She grew up living a traditional lifestyle with her family

In 2007 she was named one of Australia’s 50 most collectible artists by the Australian Art Collector Magazine

and which holds the story of the native owl

Bush Tomato Janie-kulyuru-lewis-tag was born between 1910 andGalyas 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,