MInnie Pwerle's Awelye-Atnwengerrp paintings developed from her experience as a ritual body-painter, resembling as they do the patterns and designs used in these ceremonies, which vary depending on their subject and the season, and the seniority of the women.

In the ceremonial designs a variety of powders ground from charcoal and yellow and red ochres are finger-painted on the breasts and upper bodies of the singers and dancers. The paintings show lines of varying lengths and widths, and a variety of colours is used to build up these Dreamings.

Pwerle's’ more recent works have drawn comparisons to Emily Knwarreye’s "Wild Yam Stories" painted in the mid 1990’s. Eclectic in nature, her work seems to combine modernism, contemporary theory, impressionism and Aboriginality while also expressing a story of her own sacred dreamings. Her combination of historical visual styles and spiritual content promote a sense of unity amongst two vary different spheres of influence.