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Awelye - Women's CeremonyMolly's paintings are characterized by a series of long horizontal or vertical lines that represent the markings painted on the upper part of the women's bodies when they gather to perform their ceremonial dance. These lines represent dancing tracks in the sand made by the women. The dance that Molly paints is owned and performed only by women of the Pwerle and Kemarre skin groups. It tells the story of the way in which the female creation ancestors

As a prominent elder she not only maintained but strengthened her cultural identity through her paintings and ceremonies

Her grandmother

Galya and Emily Pwerle

The different colours and designs represent variations and features in the landscape

her work being seen in the 'A Summer Project' show organised by CAAMA

The 1950s saw welfare officers patrolling Utopia

who passed away in May 2019

She has one brother and one sister

and geographic ties

moving from the classic Tingari style of circle-and-line painting to a minimalist style characterised by rectangles set against a monochromatic background

lightening and thunder from Kiiwirrkurra

since 2005

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