Bobby West Tjupurrula

Bobby is the son of Freddy West Tjakamarra, one of the original shareholders of Papunya Tula Artists. He was born at the rockhole site of Tjamu Tjamu, which is east of Kiwirrkura around 1958. Bobby’s family was met by Jeremy Long’s welfare patrol in 1963 at Willi rockhole, slightly east of Kintore. Bobby appears with his family in the book ‘The Lizard Eaters’, by Douglas Lockwood. He commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artists in the late 1980’s, and has become an integral part of the company, serving as chairman on several occasions.

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