Rosie Pwerle, born around 1950, comes from the Utopia community in the Central Desert, where she plays an important role in her community. She comes from a large family of artists and was one of the founders of the group of women painters in the region. Rosie uses circular motifs to represent the soakages (water sources in the Australian deserts) found in her country. Several years ago, many of these ponds were filled with water, but most of them have now dried up. 

Here, she depicts the ‘dream’ of bush plum, where the Great Ancestors created a waterhole called Arlperre that still exists today.  More specifically, the artist evokes the legend of ‘bush plum’, of which she is both the heiress and the religious leader. Rosie painted Ilkawerne, which lies around 200 km north-east of Alice Springs, in Australia's central desert. Through her Dot Painting, she brings to life the land of Aremela, where the Ahakeye trees grow, and all the prominent lines show the travel routes to and from this important site.