Elizabeth Marks Nakamarra is the daughter of Frank Tjupurrula and Mary Napanangka. Nakamarra was a student under Geoffrey Bardon, learning to read and write at the Papunya School during his tenure. Nakamarra studied for three years at the Bachelor College in Alice Springs and served as a council member in Kintore for two years. She began painting in her own right after the death of her husband, painting her father's stories from the area of Kalipinypa, located approximately 400km west of Alice Springs and north of Sandy Blight Junction. Nakamarra's painting revolves around the Dream Time, the time before man walked the earth, when a huge storm caused lightning to flash and the water torrent formed the landscape creating rock holes, soaks and creeks. Her paintings depict this wellspring of life; the water sources throughout the diverse terrain of the western desert both heavenly and subterranean.

Nakamarra's exquisite, delicate design has a subdued palette that belies the complex painterly nature of the work. When approaching their interpretation, the weavers found the linear brush stokes required much thought as they sought to define the forms. Each line is made up of distinct brush strokes approximately 2cm long with bold borders around the edges and a slight translucency in the centre.