Possum Dreaming at Napperby — Fine Art

Possum Dreaming at Napperby - 1979 shows a country path built from dots and joined lines on a flat field. The marks follow a route across the sheet.

A seed pod shape sits near the middle. The work fits within Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri wider practice of desert storytelling on canvas. The fine art print is on matte paper, so the pale earth tones stay soft and the dots do not shine under a lamp.

You see the small joins between the dots better on this paper than on a gloss surface. It hangs on a pale wall in a bedroom. From the doorway you see the long line, and from the bed you notice the darker dot clusters near the path.