Grass Seed Dreaming Major-artworks-tags encouraged by a community art

encouraged by a community art project

After leaving Puluwala we walked to Purrpun and camped with my grandfather Walkarr and grandmother Jawili

Cultural Significance

1993 Chapman Gallery

Margaret Richards was born 1957 in her Country around the community of Pipalyatjara

Grass Seed Dreaming Major-artworks-tags encouraged by a community artIn 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