Beatrice Gibson Nangala

Born: 1960
Region: Laramba-Northern Territory
Language: Anmatyerre

Beatrice Gibson Nangala was born on Mt Doreen station,in the Northern Territory about 1960. Beatrice commenced painting in 1986 and depicts Kangaroo, Dingo and Emu Dreamings from her country which lies on Napperby station in Central Australia northwest of Alice Springs.

She paints in the traditional aboriginal style of the desert aboriginals using dots and symbols on canvas.

Both she and her sisters are artists and they often sit together to paint with other women of the community sharing their stories teaching their children and grandchildren through painting the stories of their culture while also singing the specific songs of their paintings.

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