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This original artwork is by Indigenous Artist Charlene Napanangka Marshall from Nyrippiri in the Northern Territory.

Grace Napangardi Woods was born on May 1973 in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community approximately 290km north-west from Alice Springs in the Central Desert of Australia. She has lived primarily in Yuendumu for her entire life, though spends much time with family in Alice Springs and in Nyirripi. 

Grace’s father is a Warlpiri man from Yuendumu and her mother is Arrente from Alice Springs. Her grandfather Gerhard Inkamala was a watercolour painter and a founder of the Hermannsburg School. She has 4 children and several grandchildren. As a proud cultural woman Grace enjoys taking part in cultural activities, women’s business and dancing. 

Buying Aboriginal art helps to support Indigenous artists in many ways. Not only does it provide a source of income for the artist but it is also a way to keep traditional culture alive and to share this culture with the younger generations.