Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Mitjili’s distinctive artistic style was

Mitjili’s distinctive artistic style was rooted in her father's country

Dora Mungkirna was a respected senior law woman whose life journey spans from the Tanami Desert to various stations and communities across the region

A shape that appears often in her work hangs down and is filled with parallel lines

I want to go back to my mother”

The women also paint a commonly occurring plant which has provided a staple food for Aboriginal people in Utopia for thousands of years

Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Mitjili’s distinctive artistic style wasIn 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