Charmaine Pwerle / My Grandmother’s Country (Payment 4/4)

Charmaine Pwerle is the daughter of senior artist Barbara Weir and the granddaughter of the late Minnie Pwerle, whose work inspired her own. Born in Alice Springs, she spent her formative years on the Utopia homelands; Charmaine eventually went to school in Adelaide and also lived and was employed in Melbourne. She lives at Urrultja, approx. 400km NE of Alice Springs with her husband and four children.

Charmaine is a member of one of Australia’s most famous art-making families. The small circular design is the bush melon seed and the breast image explores “Awelye”, ceremonial body-paint design. Charmaine continues the artistic and cultural traditions of one of Australia’s most recognised art-making families.