Daphne Napurrula Marks, Yalka Dreaming (bush onion), 30x30cm

• Artist - Daphne Napurrula Marks
• Community - Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff)
• Art Centre/Community organisation - Ikuntji Artists
• Catalogue number - 17-DM44
• Materials - Acrylic on canvas  
• Size(cm) - H30 W30 D2 
• Postage variants - Artwork posted stretched and ready to hang

This painting shows the Yalka Dreaming (bush onion) which is situated in a place called Analy, close to Town Bore Outstation. Bush onions grow after the rain and are collected by all the women.The yalka are found underneath the surface and can be eaten raw or cooked in the hot sand next to the campfire. Paintings referring to this Dreaming show diverse motifs such as plants, leaves, seeds, layers or roots.

Daphne was born in 1979 at Alice Springs hospital. She has been painting for several years now and is one of the youngest artists to work at Ikuntji Art Centre. When she was a young girl her Mother and Father passed away. She was raised by her
grandmother, Narputta Nangala Jugadai, Ikuntji's most senior and internationally recognised painter. On the weekends Daphne enjoys hunting and cooking Goanna's, shopping and looking after her 2 sons, Stanley and Christopher. Her family is very
important to her and she spends a lot of time looking after the welfare of her extended family. She is a keen member of the Haasts Bluff softball team. Daphne has an eye for detail and paints meticulous translations of the Haasts Bluff landscape, including flora and fauna. Her work becomes particularly vibrant after the rains when the newly emerged wild flowers dominate her paintings.