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Grass Seed DreamingIn 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

earning an international reputation that secured her a spot in the ‘TOP100 List’ of Indigenous artists

The Aboriginal artist Greeny Purvis Petyarre was born c

Through this work

the flesh is an important food throughout Utopia and other parts of Central Australia

Pantjiya's paintings refer to the Dreaming stories of sacred sites in her country

from both her mother’s and father’s sides

just painting’

Awelye Atnwengerrp – the title of the painting refers to significant aspects of the life of the artists Minnie

they would camp at night inside hand built shelters in the bush

Barbara incorporates many Dreaming sites in her paintings

Her depicted Dreamings included Bush Berry

situated in Central Australia