Esther was born in 1982; she belongs to the Anmatyerre language group and associates with her grandmother Gloria Petyarre’s country Atnangkere, in the Utopia region, approximately 230kms north east of Alice Springs in Central Australia.
Growing up surrounded by well established artists, Esther quickly developed her own artistic talents. She is the granddaughter of the well-known Australian artist, Gloria Petyarre. Esther’s life as a child and younger woman was spent sitting and learning from Gloria and her sisters (The Seven Petyarre Sister’s of the Utopia region) while they put paint to canvas, her great aunt the late, great, Emily Kngwarreye was also there along with many other artists from this region. Esther was taught by these amazing elders the songs, dance and body paint designs to all the stories that belong to Atnangkere country.