Jessie Kemarr Peterson

Jessie Peterson was born at Hatches Creek in the Davenport Ranges circa 1932, and is now one of the most senior painters living in Wutunugurra. She has been painting with the Epenarra artist collective for decades and has developed an intuitive and confident painting style which she uses to depict a wide range of subjects, often focusing on Country and bush medicine. Jessie’s playful and experimental approach leads to strong compositions and a sense of exploration within every new work she produces. Traditional painting symbols will often appear on the same canvas as figurative representations of plant and animal life. Jessie records her memories of the ‘old days’ alongside depictions of contemporary life, her approach to painting therefore embraces the concept of everywhen, encompassing the past, present and future within a single moment.