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Louise is one of six sisters and three brothers. She went to primary school at Stirling Station, a cattle station near Tennant Creek. Later she went to Yirara College in Alice Springs.
When she returned to Stirling Station she worked with the community development program. She started painting in 1981 after being taught by her Aunties Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre, well known Aboriginal artists.
Louise moved to Darwin in 1995. She's studied at Nungalinya College and has a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Northern Territory University. Louise's work has been exhibited in Darwin, Melbourne and Sydney.