Grass Seed Dreaming Galya-pwerle-tag Pencil Yams and grass seeds

Pencil Yams and grass seeds

Many of her paintings are based on women's body paint and incorporate notions of bush medicine

Walala developed his own unique and boldIly graphic style of painting

Rita is a talented artist from Fregon on the APY Lands

Grass Seed Dreaming Galya-pwerle-tag Pencil Yams and grass seedsIn 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