Awelye Mickey-jampijinpa-singleton-tag a region of Utopia

a region of Utopia

have been passed down for millennia

Galya Emily and Molly painting Awelye

The area is shaded by large gum trees

Awelye Mickey-jampijinpa-singleton-tag a region of UtopiaGalyas 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,