Grass Seed Dreaming Colleen-wallace-tag Its tiny black seed became

Its tiny black seed became central to her imagery

individuals are not permitted to adorn themselves with body paint arbitrarily or create their own designs

275 kms north-east of Alice Springs

Phyllis Thomas is a Gija woman of Nagarra skin whose bush name

The leaves are used to treat many ailments

Grass Seed Dreaming Colleen-wallace-tag Its tiny black seed becameIn 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