Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa aka Mrs. Bennett was born at Yumarra, north of the Docker River, circa 1935. She was schooled in traditional culture and raised on Pitjantjatjara lands, living in the surrounding area, now known as Docker River, with her immediate family. She began her artistic career in the mid 1990s and paints her mother’s Dreaming site, Tjalilli rockhole near Tjukurla. Other sites she paints are Pukara and Mungkara and her favourite, Punkilpirri (Bungabiddy) the large permanent water site north-west of Docker River, in the Walter James Range. Mrs Bennett’s late paintings favour a stripped down palette. The strong black under painted contour landscape lines, contrast with the deep umbers and sandy off-white over painting of concentric circles. Her later paintings depict the main rockhole site of Punkilpirri, where she spent much of her childhood. Mrs Bennett passed away on January 28th 2013 near her ancestral land of Punkilpirri, WA.

Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa’s works are held in collections around the world including National Gallery of Australia (AU); National Gallery of Victoria (AU); Art Gallery of NSW (AU) Museum Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (AU) National Museum of Australia (AU) and Art Gallery of South Australia (AU) among others.