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My CountryJoylene was born in 1967 and is the daughter of Tjimpayi Presley (a member of the Mitakiki Women's Collaborative) and the granddaughter of Tjampawa Kawiny. Joylene previously painted at Tjurma Homelands Arts and Crafts Centre. Today she paints at Tjala Arts and the APY Studio in Adelaide, continuing in the footsteps of her late grandmother and mother in telling the Seven Sisters story and how it relates to kapi tjukula (many rock holes).

herself a renowned Utopia painter

north to Warlarla (Rabbit Flat) and beyond to Purtalypa (Christmas Creek)

The water gave vitality and life to the area

It is used as a ceremonial wrap and as a strap to carry ‘parraja’ (coolamons) and ‘ngami’ (water carriers)

the intricate application of body paint serves as a means for Aboriginal people to represent vital aspects of their lives

is a respected senior woman

Minnie Pwerle: Life and Artistic Legacy

The women also paint a commonly occurring plant which has provided a staple food for Aboriginal people in Utopia for thousands of years

or Bush Leaves

of the land and of Men’s Business as well as ceremonial sites located in his country at Utopia Station

was an experience Barbara lived as a child and again as an adult in Utopia

This gradual immersion into the intricate methods of painting cultivated a strong artistic identity that would later emerge prominently in her solo works

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