Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen It captures the essence of

It captures the essence of ancestral journeys across the landscape and embodies the collective memory and spiritual connection of the Pintupi people to their land

born c1925

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Minnie Pwerle: Life and Artistic Legacy

Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen It captures the essence ofIn 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