Name: Edith Napaljari Green
Language: Kukatja, Walmajarri
Community: Wangkatjungka
Biography:
I was born in Derby and grew up in Wankatjungka with my sister and brothers. I started painting when I was in school there. My mother taught me too. I paint my mother country story. I paint at my home in Wankatjungka.
PAINTING THEMES:
Mother Country Stories, bush tucker and animals
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…