Medicine Leaf

Language: Eastern Anmatyerr/English

Country: Anmatyerr

Abie Loy was born in 1972 at Utopia Station, 275 kilometres (170 miles) north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Central Australia. Abie Loy belongs to the Anmatyerre clan group and speaks Eastern Anmatyerre with English as a second language. Abie Loy lives at Lylenty (Mosquito Bore) near Utopia Station with her family group comprising her Mother Margaret Loy, her brothers and sisters and her Grandmother, Kathleen Petyarre. Abie Loy began painting in 1994 under the guidance of her Grandmother.