Sugar Leaf Dreaming

Judith Nungarrayi Martin was born in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory. Her mother is Helen Nampijinpa Robertson and her grand-father is Shorty Jangala Robertson, both well-known artists. As a young child she would watch her family paint & listen to their stories.Judith paints her father’s Janganpa Jukurrpa (Brush Tail Possum Dreaming) and Yankirri Jukurrpa (Emu Dreaming). The Dreamings are passed down through generations for millennia, relating directly to the land, and the animals and plants that inhabit it. She has exhibited in Melbourne, Sydney and Japan.