Introduction -- 1. Possum country -- 2. Carving out a career -- 3. Papunya painting -- 4. Cartographer of the dreaming -- 5. Iconography for the eighties -- 6. 'Two ways' in the nineties -- 7. The elements of style
Summary
Comprehensive account of the life and work of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri; 60 paintings are illustrated and annotated; includes description of the artists country with maps of important sites, biographical detail of early life including contact with Pastor Albrecht at Hermannsburg, his work as a stockman and early artistic work ; his father is Gwoya Tjungurrayi (One Pound Jimmy) the Aborigine on the postage stamp