Awelye Emily-cullinan-tag having had a hugely successful

having had a hugely successful artistic career first at Ernabella Arts and then at Ninuku Arts

developing a distinctive linear style

In doing so she developed a deep understanding and knowledge of the land

Maggie’s traditional country is in around the Yuendumu area

or mixed with water to make a cordial for drinking

Awelye Emily-cullinan-tag having had a hugely successfulGalyas 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,