Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen engaging in painting

engaging in painting

Her transition to painting marked a significant moment

Ngarralja was also an executive for twenty one years on the Association of Northern Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists (ANKAAA) Board of Directors

Robert Holmes a Court Collection

At age nine

Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen engaging in paintingIn 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