SELINA TEECE PWERL Selina Teece Pwerl was born in 1977. Her traditional country is Antarrengeny which lies in Alyawarr country north of the Utopia region in Central Australia Selina grew up surrounded by artists and developed her own artistic talents at a very young age. Her introduction to painting came about as a young child in the 1980’s when her Mother Lulu Teece Pitjara was involved in the silk batik project documented in Utopia: A Picture Story in which eighty eight Utopia artists were involved. Her favourite painter and inspiration was Albert Namatjira. She remembers seeing his work at Araluen Art Gallery in Alice springs when she was young. At school (Yulara College) she painted with watercolour and enjoyed working in that medium. Encouraged by her mother to paint she would sit both with Lulu and her aunty Maggie Kemarre an established painter, who was another inspiration. Selina recalls fond memories of her childhood in which as kids they had the freedom to roam out bush with her friends - sometimes they would go out and do ‘pretend camping’ – the kids would take their bicycles and pretend swags and say they were going out bush hunting but would return by the evening. These are very happy memories for Selina and she is passing these on to her own children, so that they too will enjoy the fun and adventure of living out bush.
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