Samantha Daniels Napaltjarri / Women’s Dreaming (SD276)

Samantha was born in 1982 and lives at the Docker River Community. Her Language group is Luritja and she takes an active part as a social worker and office duties for her community as she has a University Degree. She is a granddaughter to the highly acclaimed artist Linda Syddick and often paints alongside Linda and her mother Ruby Nangala Daniels. Samantha has been painting since 2005 and is proud to promote her culture through her artwork.

She has had sell out exhibitions with Maruku Art Centre at Yulara at Ayers Rock, Northern Territory and has also successfully sold her artworks through many high end galleries within Australia. Her talent is obvious and she is destined to becoming a major artist whose artwork will be sought after by collectors worldwide.

Striking colours and heavy dot work are used to depict a Women’s Dreaming site at the secret cave site of Mitukatjirri which is south east of Kintore Community, NT. This is Samantha’s great grandfathers’ country and permission to paint it was given to Samantha by her grandmother, Linda Syddick.