Lena Pwerle b. c.1920

Also known as Lena Puloy
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Senior Eastern Anmatyerre artist, from the Ngkwarlerlaneme community (NT), who took up painting with fellow painters from Utopia in the summer of 1988/89.

An Eastern Anmatyerre speaker, born c.1920, like most of the Utopia painters, she began to work in acrylic on canvas in the summer of 1988-9. She paints Bush Tomato, Intjingya Tree, Flower, Seed, Leaf and Yam, Kilkarra Medicine, Yam, and Wild Banana, and also Wild Plum and Bush Turkey. Her country is Ahalpere and she is associated with the Ngkwarlerlaneme community.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011