Painted Gumnuts by Isobel Major & Seranna Poulson – Mparntwe

Description

ISOBEL MAJOR

Isobel Major Nampitjinpa was born in Alice Springs Hospital in 1975.

She is the daughter of Punata Stockman Nungurrayi and her late husband Peter Major Tjangala, and the granddaughter of Papunya Tula artist Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri. Isobel has a twin sister Shiela and another sister Maggie.

Isobel paints the dreaming stories that have been passed down to her from both sides of her family. Isobel mostly paints her grandmother’s dreaming from west Kintore and east of Kiwikurra, a place called Yumarri. Isobel is married to Patrick Poulson and they have 4 children; Peter, Rosemary and the twins Sharnie and Sheranna.

Painted gumnuts by Isobel Major feature designs inspired by native flowers, bird eggs and the country around Papunya.

SERANNA POULSON

Seranna Poulson is an emerging young adult Indigenous Artist. She currently paints with her mother Isobel Major Nampitjinpa. Seranna, like her mother, has a twin sister.

Serrana has a very precise geometric style which complements Isobel’s and reflects similar themes through different eyes. She is also experimenting, finding her own voice.

Count: 10 per pack Bloodwood gumnuts with threading holes: 3mm

More designs and mixed packs available.