Art From Australia
"Grandmother's Country" By Azeza Possum
"Grandmother's Country" By Azeza Possum
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Artist: Azeza Possum
Size (H x W): 81.5 x 151.5 cm
This painting tells the story of Grandmother’s Country, passed down through the Luritja line of the Possum family. For the daughters of Gabriella and Michelle Possum, this story connects them to the Country of their grandmother on the Luritja side, continuing a powerful legacy of culture and storytelling through art.
The work features important women’s sites, bush food sources, ceremonial symbols, and spiritual places, represented through ancestral iconography. U-shapes show women sitting in ceremony, circles depict waterholes or gathering places, and fine dot work maps out food sources like berries and bush plums. These elements carry the stories of the land and the lives lived upon it.
This dreaming honours the matriarchal lineage and cultural responsibilities. Each piece is a continuation of the ancestral story, expressed with pride, memory, and connection to Country.
About the Artist – Azeza Possum
Azeza Possum is an Anmatyerre artist from the respected Possum family, carrying forward the Dreaming stories and cultural responsibilities passed down through her mothers and grandmothers. Her work is grounded in Country and kinship, and she paints the stories entrusted to her lineage with care and cultural respect.
Azeza’s paintings combine traditional iconography with her own contemporary expression. Through fine dot work, layered colour and ancestral motifs she maps songlines, women’s stories and important sites, keeping those stories strong for new generations. Her art continues the family legacy, sharing the living knowledge, memory and care of Anmatyerre culture with audiences today.
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