Grass Seed Dreaming Kukika-adamson-tag and speaks about the witchetty

and speaks about the witchetty grub story

in Nyirripi

this work speaks volumes about Kathleen’s country and her connection with it

She was among the first Aboriginal artists who took up painting with acrylic on canvas and linen in her community of Lajamanu

We were walking and hunting all the way

Grass Seed Dreaming Kukika-adamson-tag and speaks about the witchettyIn 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