Awelye - Dancing Lines Sally-ann-roberts-tag These lines represent dancing tracks

These lines represent dancing tracks in the sand made by the women

and witchetty grubs

1990 Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

We were wearing yakapiri [bush used to make sandals to protect feet from the hot ground]

including the National Gallery of Australia

Awelye - Dancing Lines Sally-ann-roberts-tag These lines represent dancing tracks4 Sisters, Minnie, Galya Emily and Molly painting Awelye Awelye Atnwengerrp the title of the painting refers to significant aspects of the life of the artists Minnie, Molly, Galya and Emily Pwerle . These are bush fruits, body paint, ceremonies, dancing lines and their homeland Atnwengerrp, a region of Utopia, some 250 km north west of Alice Springs in Central Australia. In their paintings, Minnie, Molly, Emily and Galya draw on the same dreamings.