Gabriella Possum 1400 mm x 1670 mm

Gabriella Possum 1400 mm x 1670 mm

He was introduced to the Balgo mission as a young boy where he attended school

The Wanakiji Jukurrpa (Bush Tomato Dreaming) travels through Yaturlu (near Mount Theo

The Spirit men were ancestral beings that roamed the landscape during Dreamtime or the Creation Period

The fruit then can be eaten raw or threaded onto skewers and then cooked over a fire

creating much of the landscape in Central Australia

Richard began working regularly for the Papunya Tula Artists in 2002 and his paintings refer to his father’s country

Her style is characterised by a more spontaneous approach to illustrating traditional iconography

Richard travelled south to the small Western Desert community of Kiwirrkura

When they are prepared in this way it is called ‘Turlturrpa’ and the fruit can be kept for a long time In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa

Her paintings often consist of interwoven

Although the artist of this piece remains unknown

however as a young child moved to Docker River and later to Warakurna