A native of Yuendumu in the central Great Desert, Judy Watson Napangardi is representative of the dynamic pictorial style of the Yuendumu community, which only began to reveal the mysteries of its ‘dreams’ in the early 1980s, first by painting on school gates, as was done in Papunya in 1971, and then by reproducing on canvas the motifs of the Warlpiri tradition.

Judy Watson Napangardi learnt to paint alongside her older sister Maggie Watson Napangardi, before developing her own unique style through dynamic motifs and a palette of bright colours. She was at the forefront of the evolution of painting towards a more abstract rendering of traditional dreams. 

Judy Watson Napangardi's works depict the dreams of Mina Mina, or those associated with her: Karnta (women), Kanakurlangu (digging stick), Ngalyipi (snake vine), Yunkaranyi (honey ant), Jintiparnta (native truffle) and hair belt.