Aboriginal art dot painting, "Bush Wheat", acrylic on linen, by Gabriella Possum Nungarrayi, daughter of legendary deceased Aboriginal artist, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri.

Women have the responsibility of gathering bush foods. These include bush wheat, bush plums, bush yams, bush onions, honey ants and various bush medicines. The activities are accompanied by ceremonies, rituals, song and dance cycles and body painting in celebration of the Dreamtime and the anticipated abundance of the harvest. They also propitiate the forces that control the health of the land and keep it happy.

Gabriella Possum Nungarrayi is the eldest daughter of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (deceased), arguably the best known Australian Aboriginal painter of our time. Clifford Possum's influence on her work has been profound as he served as both teacher and role model. The reverse side of the painting also bears the code of the Aboriginal Art and Cultural Center of Alice Springs, NT, which was the buyer of the work directly from Gabriella. We acquired it from a collector in 2022.
Gabriella Possum was born at Mt. Allen, not far from Alice Springs, in 1967. She won her first art award in Alice Springs while still a college student. Gabriella's work has been exhibited in Washington, DC, (1992) London, (1993) Berne, Switzerland, (1993) and the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. She is represented in collections ranging from the Holmes a Court collection and the Flinders University Museum to the Kelton Foundation Collection in Santa Monica, CA, and the Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia in Melbourne.

She first came to our attention in 1990 when we met her outside a gallery in Sydney. She visited our hotel room a day later. With child in tow and pregnant like a melon, she unrolled her canvasses. We were struck by the quality and power of her work and became instant fans. We purchased all that she had with her. We have since sought out her work wherever we have shopped for Australian Aboriginal art.
Gabriella Possum’s works of various sizes offered at auction in Australia, often see prices in excess of ten thousand dollars.
An interesting aspect of Australian Aboriginal painting is that it was used to establish land occupation and ownership during hearings about Aboriginal Land Rights in the late 20th Century.
This is a guaranteed authentic work by Gabriella Possum Nungarrayi, acquired in Sydney, Australia in 2001. On stretchers and ready to hang. Certificate of Authenticity included. 39" x 23." #AGKB04