Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm acrylic on linen

acrylic on linen

These two passed away a long time ago

Throughout the 1980s Tjampitjinpa worked devotedly on a land claim for Ininti

Steven Nelson Steven Jupurrurla Nelson was born in 1967 and lives in Yuendumu

which is the story of the spear straightening ceremony taught to Mitjili by her mother

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm acrylic on linenIn 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