Nellie Nakamara Marks

Nellie Marks Nakamarra is the younger sister of the renowned Central Australian artist Elizabeth Marks Nakamarra, with whom she shares many Dreaming stories from the Western Desert and a similar artistic style.

Nellie’s greatest artistic influences included Old Mick Namarrari, her stepfather Turkey Tolson, Uta Uta, and many others.

Nellie illustrates women’s Lightning Dreaming, women’s ceremonies, women’s Tingari, and her well-known stories of Kalimpinpa, the area where she grew up.

Women’s body-paint designs also feature heavily throughout Nellie’s paintings.