Name: Isabelle Palmer
Community: Wangkajungka
Biography:
Isabelle Palmer resides at Wangkajungka Community, about one hour from Fitzroy Crossing. Isabelle paints stories about her Mother and Uncle’s country Nyaru out near Kiwirrkurra and Lake Mackay on the Pintubi side. Her mother was esteemed Warlayirti artist the late E. Nyumi. Isabelle spent a lot of time learning from her mother and travelling with her to exhibitions across Australia. Like her sister, Amy Palmer, Isabelle has been sharing stories about women hunting and gathering bush foods as they travel over this country during the different seasons. Following her mother's style with colours to describe the plants, flowers, sand hills and jila (waterholes).
Tutujarti Trees (Desert Walnut) Tutujarti trees all around the two waterhole called Nyijil Nyijil, that way out in the desert; That’s my family country, my family comes from the desert. It has a nut called Read more…
Jurnta (Bush Onion) JURNTA that we digem up from the ground sometime we eat it raw or sometime we throw in the coals
Bush Onion (Jurnta) This country Booloowatu. My community grows bush onions. During the dry season jurnta goes black. This means they are ripe (cooked) and ready to dig up and cook on the coals. The Read more…