Bush Tomato Janie-kulyuru-lewis-tag are rooted in traditional Indigenous

are rooted in traditional Indigenous women’s experiences

In 2007 she was named one of Australia’s 50 most collectible artists by the Australian Art Collector Magazine

the Mountain Devil Lizard (Moloch horridus)

the seed-producing grass is far less plentiful than it was before white settlement

developing a distinctive linear style

Bush Tomato Janie-kulyuru-lewis-tag are rooted in traditional IndigenousGalyas work is distinctive and highly individual. Her early paintings, dating from around 2004, drew on Portulaca oleraceaknown as munyerooa grass once abundant in the Utopia region and an important food source for generations. Its tiny black seed became central to her imagery, with Galya adopting its half circle form as a dominant motif in her paintings. Over fifty years of cattle grazing greatly reduced the abundance of this grass. In her paintings,