Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen where he moved with his

where he moved with his family in 1983

learn and listen to the old

Nyangarni’s family and other groups migrated north to the cattle station country surrounding the Fitzroy Valley

As is the case with a number of other older ladies of the desert her paintings demonstrate one of the last remaining links with women's ceremonial knowledge

cultural and religious beliefs

Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen where he moved with hisIn 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