Boab - Alison Forrest Isabelle Palmer

Boab - Alison Forrest Isabelle PalmerPainted boab nut. Hand painted by Alison Forrest. Boab nuts are synonymous with the Kimberley region. Many artists start their careers carving and painting boabs for sale as gifts, decorations and for sharing stories before moving onto painting on canvas and other art forms. Artefacts are made locally by artists and craftspeople, many of whom are Mangkaja artists. Keep an eye out for their paintings in our artwork section.

A longtime ago people lived close together in groups as one big family

All I can remember is the voice of Harold Brown and Roger telling me "dont move

Please Note:

trees and grass

45 x 100cm

sometimes Im proud

60 x 120cm

Anyway we started to push them cattle towards east I think

This painting is about our spring water up at Fossil downs station

don't know the month or year when your out in the bush

Hand-woven by Walmajarri elder

Hand-carved by Walmajarri elder