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siblings and extended family according to the seasonal availability of food and water

preserving ancient traditions and knowledge

This artwork

also called Uwalki

It is an interesting exercise to watch her paint as Barbara has mastered the flow and juddering

Awelye Mickey-jampijinpa-singleton-tag siblings and extended family accordingGalyas 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,