Julie is the traditional custodian of her country Pirlinyanu, a land of rocky outcrops and deep water springs. It is a Water Dreaming site (Ngapa Jukurrpa) a couple of hours west from Yuendumu in the Tanami Desert. This is her father’s country. Julie was taught to paint by her mother,  the acclaimed Warlpiri artist Dorothy Robinson Napangardi.

Julie’s paintings are a unique blend of stylised experimentation and ancient narrative. Her palette most typically consists of red, grey, black and/or white, and is most concerned with Water Dreamings in her Warlpiri country.