Dean Jakamarra Briscoe was born in the early 1970's and is now working as a teacher at Laramba where he lives now with his son. He has separated from his wife and moved to Laramba to work in the school there but regularly travels between Alice Springs and Mt Allan (Pulardi) to visit his homeland and family. Additionally Dean is a keen footballer (Aussie Rules) and used to play for the Mt Allen Eagles.

Dean normally paints small paintings that represent bush tucker dreamings (e.g witchetty grub, snake, bush berry etc) handed down to him by his parents and gradparents from the Mt Allen area. His paintings have a characteristic style and his paintings are very popular and have the added characteristic that he writes the story on the back of the canvas.

His grandfather is Teddy Briscoe who is one of the elders at Mt Allan and who l ives with his extended family at the Pulardi outstation. Teddy used to paint frequently, however, since his stroke a number of years ago he has not painted much.

Here are some examples of the work by Dean Jakamarra Briscoe.

Additional information can be found in Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert - A Biograpical Dictionary, by Vivien Johnson