Name: Margaret Campbell
Language: Luritja
Community: Papunya
Biography:
Margaret Campbell is an emerging artist and Luritja woman from Papunya. She started painting at the Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artist studio in 2020. Margaret primarily paints animals and people in landscapes of desert and rivers. Her artworks depict scenes from home, and of the drive from Papunya to Mparntwe (Alice Springs), capturing the colours and vastness of the desert. Margaret’s great storytelling comes to light through her work, as she talks and paints about swimming spots, cheeky dogs, big storms, riding camels, Country music and cups of tea. In 2022 Margaret started working in ceramics and has had some considerable success in this medium.
Yalpirakinu Yalpirakinu is Adrian’s mother’s country. Adrian’s mother is the late Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. His artworks consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. Using a restricted colour Read more…
