Grass Seed Dreaming Pantjiya-nungurrayi-tag Washington

Washington

ensuring the transmission of cultural knowledge and practices

loose paint application

She often references Antara

In many paintings of this Jukurrpa

Grass Seed Dreaming Pantjiya-nungurrayi-tag WashingtonIn many of Barbara Weirs paintings, long, tapering lines overlap gracefully to represent a grass once abundant at Utopia before cattle grazing was introduced in the early 20th century. Its botanical name is Portulaca oleracea. For thousands of years, this grass has been important to Aboriginal people because its small black seeds can be ground into flour. Rather than painting the seeds, Weir depicts the grass itself. Her colours show its natural