Bambarrarr Marrawili "Garranali" 162 x 9.5cms Aboriginal Art Her inspiration is originally derived

Her inspiration is originally derived from her personal experience of awelye (or women’s business)

With ancestral ties to Truganini’s family line in Lutruwita (Tasmania)

some are totemic (inherited from the person's Mother) and some serve to act out the narrative of newly composed songs

the golden eye of remembrance A portal where all life begins again

She was taught to paint along with her sister the artist Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi and her brother Lionel Possum by their father Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

Bambarrarr Marrawili "Garranali" 162 x 9.5cms Aboriginal Art Her inspiration is originally derivedEarth pigments on Stringybark hollow pole 162 x 9. 5cms. This is a Maarrpa clan pain ng of the sacred area referred to as Garraali where the sacred Bru (crocodile) nest. The Maarrpa people were led by Wakuthi (born c1921) who remained a powerful and influen al man although almost blind and known as Banbay 'blind one' un l his death in 2005. In the se ng of this coastal outsta on, the elements of this pain ng incorporate themes of fire and water and