Cowboy Louie Pwerle

Cowboy Louie Pwerle was born in 1941 on Old MacDonald station. He is the younger brother of Louie Pwerle (deceased) who was an important Utopian artist and is an Eastern Anmatyerr speaker.

His traditional country lies on the Western side of the Sandover River on Utopia station and stretches west on to Mt Skinner. Cowboy lives at Mosquito Bore with his two wives, both of whom are the sisters Carol and Elizabeth Kngwarreye.

Cowboy Louie depicts his Turkey Dreaming various traditional sites on Utopia. He also paints Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming and Lizard (Arlewatyerr) Dreaming. Cowboy's name is attributed to his reputation as a stock man and his cowboy attire.

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Collections:

National Gallery of Victoria
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
Stichting Sint-Jan, Brugge, Netherlands

Exhibitions:

2007 - Patterns of Power, Art from the Eastern Desert, Simmer on the Bay, Sydney
2007 - Eastern Desert Dreaming, Artists from Utopia, Gallery G, Brisbane
2008 - Power of Place, Paintings and Sculpture from the Eastern Desert, Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc, Adelaide
2010: The Utopia Story, Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore
2010: Aboriginal Artists UK Spring Show 11-13 June, London

Source: Johnson, V., 1994, The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists, Craftsman House, East Roseville, New South Wales. ©, image photographed by Sabine Haider Central Art

Artist: Cowboy Louie Pwerle

Skin Name: Pwerle

Language: Eastern Anmatyerre

Region: Utopia

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Bush Turkey , Emu (Ankerr) Tucker , Lizard (Arlewatyerr)

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