Pompey was born on a sand dune near Finke, in the southern Northern Territory.
[4] Pompey grew up in the area around Finke, and then moved south to Ernabella when she was a young woman.
[5] Pompey's husband, whom she married at Ernabella, was a Pitjantjatjara elder and law keeper for the country around Kaltjiti.
[3] In 2003, one of Pompey's paintings, titled Pita, was chosen as a finalist for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
[9] Pompey's paintings depict features of the central Australian landscape, such as sand hills, flowers and trees.
Most of her paintings are minimalist in style, combining basic shapes of colour with dotted fields or lines.