Women’s Body Painting

Debra McDonald Nangala

$4,800.00

Debra Nangala’s story is depicted with the dots in order to show the richness within her country, which has an abundance of land and celebrations. There are women with body paint preparing to dance, maps to various places, which is a signature style. Each time Debra paints this or one of her other special stories she does it differently, as she wants each painting to be one of a kind.

Debra McDonald Nangala, was born in October 1963 at Papunya Camp. She is the granddaughter of the late Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi (c.1920-1987) who was a Pintubi man from Lake MacDonald in the Gibson Desert, Central Australia. In 1948 he moved to Haasts Bluff and Papunya, and both Debra and Shorty’s stories refer to his country of Lake MacDonald. Debra was married to the nephew of Turkey Tolson and son of the great female artist Mitjili.