Debra Young Nakamarra b. 1964
LANGUAGE: PINTUPI
REGION: KINTORE, N.T.
Debra Young Nakamarra is the eldest daughter of two significant Papunya Tula artists, Walangkura Napanangka and Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula. Debra was born in Warumpi (Papunya) in 1964, and in her youth witnessed the Western Desert painting movement that dawned in the early 1970s.
Debra’s parents, particularly her father, were respected figures within the Pintupi community at the time and were custodians of a number of significant Dreaming stories. Debra began painting some of these inherited stories in 1984. Debra depicts her mother Walangkura’s country in this painting, Tjintjintjin, a site north-west of Kintore.
Debra uses motifs that are reminiscient of her mother’s style, however she utilizes dotting techniques that are characteristic of the Central and Western desert movements in a way that is all her own. Debra’s artworks capture the features of her ancestral country, such as waterholes and rocky outcrops, that are intertwined with deeply significant Dreaming stories.
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Debra Young NakamarraTjintjintjin (My Mother's Country) by Debra Young Nakamarra, 202390 x 60 cm
35 3/8 x 23 5/8 inchesacrylic on Belgian linenDebra Young Nakamarra, Tjintjintjin (My Mother's Country) by Debra Young Nakamarra, 2023$ 1,250.00 -
Debra Young NakamarraTjintjintjin (My Mother's Country) by Debra Young Nakamarra, 202390 x 60 cm
35 3/8 x 23 5/8 inchesacrylic on Belgian linenDebra Young Nakamarra, Tjintjintjin (My Mother's Country) by Debra Young Nakamarra, 2023$ 1,250.00 -
Debra Young NakamarraTjintjintjin (My Mother's Country) by Debra Young Nakamarra, 202390 x 120 cm
35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inchesacrylic on Belgian linenDebra Young Nakamarra, Tjintjintjin (My Mother's Country) by Debra Young Nakamarra, 2023$ 3,950.00
