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Janet Long Nakamarra

Janet Long Nakamarra (Born 1960) is active/lives in Australia.  Janet Nakamarra is known for Aboriginal art.

Janet was born in 1960 at Anninie in the traditional land of Warntaparri people. She began painting in 1989 as her Aunts May and Molly Napurrula showed her how to paint the traditional body paint designs for her Warntaparri Dreaming. Janet started with small boards and then moved to canvas when the local store in her home town of Willowra started supplying the material. Later on her brother Malcolm Jagamarra a famous Aboriginal artist saw the talent in Janet and taught her advanced techniques of using acrylic paint on canvas. This medium made it easier for Janet to teach people about her culture and the stories handed down from her ancestors. Janet is also a Linguist by training and has produced bi-lingual literature. Through hard work and study, Janet gained the status of Linguist with her people and began to teach as a literacy worker at the Willowra School. She produced bi-lingual literature for use in the teaching programs. Janet uses her deep knowledge of language to translate he   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1341 characters.]  Artist bio

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