Purdie was born at Gilburn , or Mabel Downs Station , in Western Australia 's Kimberley region in 1948 , and is a painter at Warmun Community .
Shirley Purdie is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist , notable for winning the 2007 Blake Prize for Religious Art .
artist was born at Gilburn , or Mabel Downs Station , in Western Australia 's Kimberley region in 1948 , and is a painter at Warmun Community .
Shirley Purdie is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist , notable for winning the 2007 Blake Prize for Religious Art .