Eileen Napaltjarri Anyama was born in 1956 at Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff). Her father was Charlie Tararu Tjungurrayi, who was a founding member of Papunya Tula Artists. Tjungurrayi was renowned for his innovative art works, and Eileen’s mother, Tatali Nangala, was a prolific painter. Eileen moved from Ikuntji to Walungurru (Kintore) in the early 1980s, when the new outstation was first established. After her mother died in 1999, Eileen began painting the stories that had been passed down to her and has consolidated her reputation as one of the most important second-generation Aboriginal artists of the Western Desert movement. Eileen lives in Walungurru, occasionally visiting family in Ikuntji where she paints with the art centre.