Lynette Napangardi Tasman b. 1962

  • Artist (Painter)
Warlpiri artist and daughter of Lajamanu painter, Molly Tasman. She began painting in 1986, and worked with her mother and her late sister-in-law, .
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Place of birth Yuendumu 1962, her language/tribe is Warlpiri and she lives at Lajamanu. Her country is Jirrparanpa, Kunajarraya and Parralya and her Dreamings are Wardapi, Yarla, Ngurlu and Ngayaki. She paints her stepfather and mother’s Dreamings. Lynette’s father was a white man and to prevent the child being taken away, her mother, Molly Tasman , had to stand up to welfare and argue that she could bring up the child equally well herself. Lynette worked with Mary-Ann Tasman , her sister-in-law, and with her mother and started painting in 1986.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011

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