Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi was born in Mount Allan (Yuelamu), Northern Territory in 1967. Gabriella is the elder daughter of the renowned late painter, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932 – 2002). Gabriella began painting at an early age, under the tuition of her famous father who inspired her and guided her through passing down his sacred Dreaming to Gabriella.

Gabriella’s paintings also feature the Dreaming stories handed down to her from her grandmother, Long Rose Nungala and other senior women who taught her in her formative years – these include Grandmother’s Dreaming, Seven Sisters Dreaming (Milky Way), Goanna, Bush Tucker and Serpent Dreamings of her Anmatyerre heritage, which have been handed down through generations of...