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  • Soakage by Lena Pwerle (SOLD)

    45cm x 30cm

    This painting has been hand painted by Lena Pwerle of Utopia, Central Australia. Circular designs represent soakages (or waterholes)that are spread across her land in the Utopia Region.

    Lena says that these soakages, now all dried and used up, had plenty of water in them long ago, even when she was growing up, providing her people with a much needed water supply. With their intimate knowledge of the land, Lena’s people knew how and where to find them in the harsh desert environment.

    Long time [ago] olden time mob get their little coolamon (bowl), they check them [soakages] – proper good one water! They been find ‘em under the ground. My grandmother taught me where to find ‘em. They dry now, they finish. They [my people] drink bore water now” - Lena Pwerle

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    Name: Lena Pwerle
    Skin name: Pwerle (also spelled Pula)
    Language group: Anmatyerre
    Country: Ahalpere
    Region: Utopia, Central Australia
    Born: 1934
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    • Medium: Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
    • Size of painting: 45cm x 30cm with approx 6cm black border
    • Background colour: Black

     

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