Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm Jennifer relocated to Adelaide for

Jennifer relocated to Adelaide for health reasons

and technique

Galya recalls a time when its seeds formed an important part of her clan’s diet and held deep cultural significance

Awelye Atnwengerrp – the title of the painting refers to significant aspects of the life of the artists Minnie

widely travelled

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm Jennifer relocated to Adelaide forIn 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