Grass Seed Dreaming Narpula-scobie-napurrula-tag Today she paints at Tjala

Today she paints at Tjala Arts and the APY Studio in Adelaide

Her artwork portrays stories from the Mt Allan area

Penny K LyonsNyangarni (Penny K Lyons)

In 2020 she was also a finalist in the Heysen Prize

Grass Seed Dreaming Narpula-scobie-napurrula-tag Today she paints at TjalaIn 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