Lorna was born c.1920 in Yumurrpa country, which is situated near Chilla Well, south of the Granites Mine Area of the Tanami Desert. In 1949 many Walpiri people, including Lorna, were forcibly transported to the government settlement of Lajamanu at Hookers Creek, roughly 250 miles to the north of their own country around Yuendumu. Lorna was a skilled painter of decorative body designs for women's ceremony, and in 1986 began to paint artworks on canvas. Over the next twenty years Lorna became a greatly admired artist who, along with Emily Kame Kngwarreye, pioneered the women's art movement. They departed from the traditional iconography that men painted to a more personal and artistic expression. She has been described as a non-conformist, revolutionary, tough, funny, flirty, bossy and wicked, with a razor sharp wit. She was a senior custodian of several Dreaming stories, and the assertiveness with which she painted was evidence of her great knowledge of her culture. Lorna's art is extremely bold, free, expressive, abstract and experimental. One example of this is her well known painting entitled Grief (1997) which was painted following the death of her son. Lorna would load the brush with paint before touching down on the canvas and layer the colours one upon the next. There is great emphasis on concealing intimate details about the dreaming stories, which leads viewers to continually gaze at her artworks, hoping that they will reveal more of their mysteries. Lorna sadly passed away on the 7th December 2006. She is remembered as a vivacious woman and an important community elder. Represented in the National Gallery, State Galleries and major private collections, Lorna's work has always been in strong demand.