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Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known for their diverse, energetic, and unmediated painting styles, their works reflect the dramatic geography and scale of their homelands. Each artist, however, brings a unique approach to their craft.

Younger Martu artists often start painting alongside their parents, grandparents, and extended family, which fosters an organic learning process. This not only involves mastering painting techniques but also understanding specific locations, family histories, traditional ways of life, bush tucker, and Jukurrpa (Dreaming). Over time, with encouragement from their peers, they develop their own distinct styles and explore unique painting techniques and subject matter. In this work the artist brings a contemporary, evolving perspective to their work.

Name: Daphne Larry



Biography:

"I was born in Alice Springs, but I grew up in Kiwirkurra with my family, my brothers and sisters. I've been shift to Warakurna, I've been living there for a long time. I'm working as an artist there, that's where I started painting. I like painting about the Dreaming, Kiwirkurra, my father's side Country.

I learned to paint with my auntie, [senior Pintupi Lore woman and Papunya Tula artist] Mantua Nangala. Big mob of us painting there in Kiwirkurra. I was painting in Warakurna, Tjukula, Kiwirrkurra."

- Daphne Larry 


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