Susan Peters Wangamirr Nampitjin is a Walmajarri arst, which means that her country is the Tanami desert of South East Kimberley's. Susan tells the story of her early life - "I was born on Argyle staon in 1963 near the banks of the Behn River, and I lived there with my family for four years. My family worked as jackaroos, stockmen, camp cooks, yard builders, and fencers. As me passed in 1970 the Ord river scheme came to be, and my family was trucked back to the desert. I was removed from my mother and travelled to Queensland with my father, sister, and carer mother. I am a descendant of Walmajarri and Ngar People (Yagga Yagga Way) who hold ancient stories, Waljirri (dreamme) ceremonies, and oral history of families living around Paruku (Lake Gregory).” 

When Susan was 23years old, she decided to return to her ancestral home of WA and lived at Kururrungku near Halls Creek. She lived there for many years and even aer returning to Queensland she connued to travel back to her ancestral home regularly with her children to spend me with family, and pracce lore and culture. Susan has a deep connecon and love for the bush life, observing and collecng bush tucker and bush medicines regularly. She now lives in Halls Creek permanently. Susan creates artworks inspired by the country where her grandparents were born and grew up. She gained valuable knowledge about tradional lore, culture, and bush medicines from her grandparents, sisters and family members. Susan connues learning about her grandfather's and grandmother's country, ceremonies, and bush medicines. 

Of her artwork she says – “The central focus of my art pracce is a personal reflecon of family, Country, community, oral histories, survival, and tradional lifestyles (tradional foods, medicines). The diverse countryside, waterways, and sand hills are depicted through my use of colour, texture and mark. My artwork is both tradional and contemporary, drawing on both abstract tradions and tradional symbols, marks and mediums. ” In addion to painng, Susan also creates mixed-media work and printmaking oen using other mediums such as ink on fabric, and natural bush materials, such as seeds, pandanus leaves, and the grasses tradionally used to make baskets.