Awelye - Dancing Lines Medium:Acrylic on Linen Yaritji Heffernan was born in

Yaritji Heffernan was born in 1965 at Mulga Park station

embodies the abstract qualities that define her later art

Mickey painted regularly for the Art Centre in Yuendumu

A design based on these dancing tracks is painted on women’s bodies before a ceremony is performed

Her brush marks track ancient journeys along 'dreaming' trails which are called song lines at times

Awelye - Dancing Lines Medium:Acrylic on Linen Yaritji Heffernan was born in4 Sisters, Minnie, Galya Emily and Molly painting Awelye Awelye Atnwengerrp the title of the painting refers to significant aspects of the life of the artists Minnie, Molly, Galya and Emily Pwerle . These are bush fruits, body paint, ceremonies, dancing lines and their homeland Atnwengerrp, a region of Utopia, some 250 km north west of Alice Springs in Central Australia. In their paintings, Minnie, Molly, Emily and Galya draw on the same dreamings.