Evelyn Nampijinpa Daniels was born in 1956 at Yuendumu, where she grew up and went to school. She is the younger sister of the renowned artist Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels, a founder and chair of Warlukurlangu Artists, and the two often painted together before Dolly passed away in 2004.

Evelyn has painted with Warlukurlangu Artists since 2001. Her Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories were passed down to her by Dolly, by her mother, and by the generations before them.

Evelyn paints her mother’s and father’s Jukurrpa, stories connected to the land, its features, and its plants and animals.

One of her subjects is Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa (Seed Dreaming), the story of a Jangala ancestor who travelled south to Yamunturrngu (Mount Liebig), gathering acacia seeds along the way. In her paintings, U shapes show women collecting the seeds, ovals are the parraja (wooden food carriers) and straight lines are their digging sticks.