Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932 - 2002) was born on

Napperby Station about 200 kilometers north-west of

Mparntwe (Alice Springs), considered to be one of the

most collected and renowned Australian Aboriginal

artists Tjapaltjarri joined Papunya Tula Artists in February

1972 and was one of their founding directors. 

He rapidly distinguished himself as one of the company’s

most accomplished and inventive artists, an exponent

of striking, multi-layered and meticulously rendered

visual effects.

In 2002 he was appointed an ‘Officer of the Order of

Australia’ for service as a contributor to and pioneer of

the development of the Western Desert art movement.