This is a powerful masculine style that carries on in the tradition of the best of early Papunya paintings. Often echoing traditional ground painting designs, these paintings are typified by complex, highly precise dotting and bold symmetrical designs. Some of the most prominent artists are Lindsay Bird Mpetyane, Louie Pwerle (deceased), his younger brother Cowboy Louie Pwerle, Greenie Purvis, and David Ross Pwerle. Utopia's male painters have been somewhat overshadowed by the more painterly abstraction of Utopia's women. Greenie Purvis is the only major artist amongst the men to have adopted a looser more abstract style in recent years.

Lindsay Bird Mpetyane shows off a canvas, with a little help from his friends, 1991

All Utopia paintings indicated with green dots are currently for sale. Prices and photos can be obtained by contacting Songlines Aboriginal Art Gallery via e-mail, please be specific and mention the name and inventory code of the paintings. We particularly welcome phone calls in the U.S. at (415-871-5901). -- David Betz, Curator