Grass Seed Dreaming Major-artworks-tags Makinti's paintings primarily take as

Makinti's paintings primarily take as their subjects a rockhole site

Background and Early Life

He was a visionary artist whose work captured the spirit and essence of the Australian outback

Pantjiya married George Maxwell Tjangala

Her first Australian solo show

Grass Seed Dreaming Major-artworks-tags Makinti's paintings primarily take asIn 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