My mother and grandmother came from the Great Sandy Desert. In 2006 I was working at home on the verandah making baskets in pretty colours when the CEO of the Women's Resource Centre, June Oscar was driving past my house. She stopped and said, 'They look really good. Can you come to the Centre and show the ladies how to make baskets'? I said, 'Alright then'. I've been coming here ever since.

I started painting boab nuts at Marnin Studio in 2013, people really liked them and the orders started coming in so I stayed to help paint boabs to sell in Sydney and Melbourne. Painting is really big in our family. My mum painted for Mangkaja Arts in Fitzroy Crossing. I like to paint. I feel good when I paint boab nuts at the studio. I can relax and really think about my painting.