A leading artist of the East Pilbara, Bugai Whyoulter has become, along with her painting teachers the late Nora Wompi and Nora Nungabar, one of Australia’s most highly prized contemporary artists. She was born c.1940 at Pukayiyirna, present day Balfour Downs Station. She travelled as a child with her parents northwards, through Jigalong and Nullagine to Kunawarritji also known as Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. She grew up, walked and hunted primarily around Punmu, Kunawarritji and Kun Kun, and as a young woman travelled the Canning Stock Route where she met cattle drovers. Bugai continued to live nomadically, with her family and later with her husband, before eventually deciding to live at Jigalong Mission, with many other relatives. In recent years she has lived at Kunawarritji where she was taught to paint by the late Nora Nungabar and Nora Wompi. The three women painted together as often as possible. Bugai has one son Narran who lives in Hedland. She has 4 grandchildren who live in Jigalong. Her sister is fellow artist, Nancy Patterson. She returned her as a young woman, driving cattle along the Stock Route. Wantili is also known as Well 24 on the Canning Stock Route. The area is dominated by claypans surrounded by tuwa (sandhills). The area is dominated by claypans surrounded by tuwa (sandhills), and following rain the claypans are filled with water. At that time the site becomes an important place for obtaining fresh water for drinking and bathing. This is not far from the artist's home country.