Awelye (Body Painting) A6241 Artworks up to $20000 Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri’s paintings depict

Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri’s paintings depict her homelands and the wildflowers and bush tucker that grow in the area at Haasts Bluff in Central Australia

In 2000 he won the prestigious Archibald Prize for his portrait of Actor David Wenham

Size: 118 x 119cm

This is an important story for Eunice as amongst this landscape her and her family’s personal stories are told

This painting shows the iconography of the desert oakwood trees

Awelye (Body Painting) A6241 Artworks up to $20000 Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri’s paintings depictYear: 2005 Size: 90 x 120cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Minnie Pwerles depiction of Awelye or Body Painting story and showcases designs which are applied to the womens upper body for ceremonial purposes. The Anmatyerre women would apply iconography to their upper body using their fingertips and small, sharpened twigs for ceremonial purposes. Paint was created using coloured ochres mixed with animal fats The ceremonies are very important for