Caterpillar Dreaming Ena-nakamarra-gibson-tag Nyangarni’s beautiful paintings show the

Nyangarni’s beautiful paintings show the traditional waterholes and hunting grounds of the Great Sandy Desert where she and her family lived up until the early 1950s

continuing in the footsteps of her late grandmother and mother in telling the Seven Sisters story and how it relates to kapi tjukula (many rock holes)

Violet Petyarre’s paintings are held in private collections and numerous Australian and overseas galleries

swirling patterns

Caterpillar Dreaming Ena-nakamarra-gibson-tag Nyangarni’s beautiful paintings show theMaria 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.