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1978
Language Group:Alyawarre
Country:Irrultja, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas and Linen, Wood Carving
Subjects:Lyaw (Pigweed or Grass Seed), Bush Flowers, Awelye (Women's Ceremony), Irrultja Country, Alpite (Wild Flowers)
Kylie is the daughter of Janice Clarke Kngwarreye and Wally Clarke Pwerle, both Utopia artists.
Kylie has been painting since early 1998 and has also worked with wood sculptures. Her work is extremely refined with intricate dot work and detailed studies of bush flowers, camp stories and designs associated with the stories from her country. Kylie would have observed and assisted with family painters as part of her training, which includes her grandmother Katie Kemarre, in particularly the Lyaw story. The intricate fine dot work is strongly influenced by her mother's painting style.
Kylie paints the Dreamtime story of the Lyaw that belongs to her country, Irrultja.
Lyaw is the Alyawarre word for the seed of the pigweed or munyeroo (Portulaca oleracea). It is also referred to as grass seed by Kylie in English. The Lyaw produces small yellow or orange flowers and numerous small black seeds which are a most important food source. The seeds must be collected at a critical time when the stems change from green to pink. After drying and cleaning, the seeds are roasted and ground, being consumed as an extremely nutritious paste or patty.
