Bobby West Tjupurrula is the son of Freddy West Tjakamarra, one of the original shareholders of Papunya Tula Artists. He was born at the rockhole site of Tjamu Tjamu, which is east of Kiwirrkura. Bobby’s family was met by Jeremy Long’s welfare patrol in 1963. At the time his family was camping at Willi rockholes, slightly east of Walungurru (Kintore). Bobby appears with his family in the book The Lizard Eaters by Douglas Lockwood, which documents the 1963 patrol. He commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artist in the late 1980’s.
