Caterpillar Dreaming Ena-nakamarra-gibson-tag PAINTING THEMES:Karnanganyjawurtu jila (permanent waterhole)Food

PAINTING THEMES:Karnanganyjawurtu jila (permanent waterhole)Food and bush plants from the Great Sandy DesertFish from the river around Fitzroy CrossingPirtil Billabong Puluwala jumu (soak water)COLLECTIONS:National Gallery of AustraliaNational Gallery of VictoriaHolmes a Court CollectionPerth Telstra CollectionMuseum & Art Gallery of the Northern TerritoryFitzroy Crossing High SchoolEXHIBITIONS:2008: Fitzroy Valley Education Centre – reception counter design2012: Mangkaja Arts 21 Year Anniversary Wirrinyiya ngaragngarag birra ngamoo ngamoo - Tandanya

Araluen Arts Centre

particularly after joining the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association and holding his acclaimed first solo exhibition at Alcaston Gallery in 2003

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Caterpillar Dreaming Ena-nakamarra-gibson-tag PAINTING THEMES:Karnanganyjawurtu jila (permanent waterhole)FoodMaria Curley is painting the Caterpillar Dreaming that she inherited from her Grandmother. This story is about the Anumara (Caterpillar) travelling from WA to the north west of South Australia. The Caterpillar lives in the grass and is in danger if the grass it lives in is eaten. The Caterpillar story is kept secret. The place where the caterpillar lives is important and keeping the story secret protects the caterpillar from being eaten.