Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Beryline paints her country around

Beryline paints her country around Frog Hollow and Texas Downs

its unique features

Priscilla works for Iwantja Arts in the far north of South Australia

In these works

Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Beryline paints her country aroundIn 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