Biography Jeannie Mills Pwerl was selected for the prestigious 25th NATSIAA Museums Northern Territory Art Award. She creates contemporary inspiring paintings with fascinating accuracy and intricate details, subtle shades of colour that moves with the viewer’s eyes and floats in air that have multi-dimensional physical presence of the much contemporary work of art .

Jeannie Mills Pwerle Biography:

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Jeannie Mills Pwerl is an important Australian artist chosen for the prestigious 25th NATSIAA - Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. The Awards ceremony was held on 15th August 2008. Our congratulations to the artist.

Skin Name: Pwerl (pronounced Puh-la, also spelled Apwerl, Pwerle, Pula)
Language Group: Alyawarr
Country: Irrwelty / Atnwengerrp
Subjects: Anaty (desert yam or bush potato), Awely (women's ceremony and body paint designs)

Jeannie Mills Pwerle is a daughter of a famous Utopian artist Dolly Mills.

Jeannie Mills Pwerle created her own distinct style with warm and beautiful colours and predominately paints the flower and seeds of the “Anaty” Bush Potato. Jeannie Mills Pwerle work is represented in collectors in Australia and Europe including; Mbantua Gallery Private Collection, Alice Springs; Artist Jeannie Mills Pwerl (Apwerl, Pwerle, Pula); Language Group Alyawarr; Country Irrwelty / Atnwengerrp; Area Clinic Camp, Utopia Region, N E of Alice Springs- Anaty (Bush Potato/Yam), Anemangkerr (Bush Melon) and Akarley (Wild Orange).

Jeannie was destined to be a great artist, she is a daughter of well known Utopian artist Dolly Mills and a niece of an elder acclaimed Utopian artist Greeny Purvis Petyarre.  With Jeannie creativity and flair for colours Jeannie's work is one of the finest creating a buzz in Australian art circles, particularly for her Anaty paintings. Jeannie created her unique style for the Anaty Dreaming in 2004 for Mbantua Gallery. Jeannie predominately paints the flower and seeds of the Anaty (Bush Potato), having created her own distinct style for this in 2004. Daughter of well-known Utopian artist Dolly Mills, Jeannie has a flair for colours and creativity.

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Jeannie Mills Pwerle work is represented in collectors in Australia and Europe including; Mbantua Gallery Private Collection, Alice Springs;

Artist Jeannie Mills Pwerl (Apwerl, Pwerle, Pula); Language Group Alyawarr; Country Irrwelty / Atnwengerrp; Area Clinic Camp, Utopia Region, N E of Alice Springs - Anaty (Bush Potato/Yam), Anemangkerr (Bush Melon); Akarley (Wild Orange).

Source & FURTHER REFERENCES:
 "Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert - A Biographical Dictionary" by Vivien Johnson, published by Craftsman House 1994,
 "The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture" edited by Sylvia Kleinert and Margo Neale published by OUP 2000,
 “Australian Aboriginal Artist Encyclopedia” – dictionary of biographies” Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004). Brody, A. 1989 Utopia women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A summer Project, 1988-89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings, Perth Brody A. 1990 Utopia, a picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection, Heytesbury Holdings LTD Perth NATSIVAD database.

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Framed Size: 45 x 45 cm

 Image size: 35 x 35 cm

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