Awelye - Women's Ceremony Size:90 x 120 cm After a period of figurative

After a period of figurative and traditional work

It was at Papunya where she observed men

presenting an almost three-dimensional illusion of space and depth

Abie’s works on canvas have been exhibited and collected both nationally and internationally

with six solo exhibitions in Australia

Awelye - Women's Ceremony Size:90 x 120 cm After a period of figurativeGalyas 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,