My Mother's Country Stephen-nelson-tag Joylene previously painted at Tjurma

Joylene previously painted at Tjurma Homelands Arts and Crafts Centre

1982 Georges Exhibition

which is the story of the spear straightening ceremony taught to Mitjili by her mother

and the plants and animals inhabiting it

When she finished school she returned to Nyirripi where she first worked at the Nyirripi store and then at the Childcare Centre

My Mother's Country Stephen-nelson-tag Joylene previously painted at TjurmaIn 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