Minnie Pwerle
Alyawerre · Utopia, NT · c. 1910 – 2006
Minnie Pwerle (c. 1910–2006) was a senior Alyawerre artist who pioneered the Awelye (body paint) style on canvas. Beginning to paint in her eighties, she created bold, gestural works based on women's ceremonial body designs. Her raw, energetic marks became one of the most iconic expressions in Aboriginal art. Mother of Barbara Weir.