Grass Seed Dreaming Narpula-scobie-napurrula-tag Rita is a talented artist

Rita is a talented artist from Fregon on the APY Lands

Penny K LyonsNyangarni (Penny K Lyons)

Throughout the 1980s Tjampitjinpa worked devotedly on a land claim for Ininti

Today she paints at Tjala Arts and the APY Studio in Adelaide

two mothers

Grass Seed Dreaming Narpula-scobie-napurrula-tag Rita is a talented artistIn 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