Awelye Size:126 x 194 cm These leaves are traditionally used

These leaves are traditionally used to treat a range of ailments—such as colds

this grass has been important to Aboriginal people because its small black seeds can be ground into flour

an Aboriginal Warlpiri woman

During the journey she lost her mother’s sister

displaying mastery of brushwork

Awelye Size:126 x 194 cm These leaves are traditionally usedGalyas 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,