Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm Steven Nelson Steven Jupurrurla Nelson

Steven Nelson Steven Jupurrurla Nelson was born in 1967 and lives in Yuendumu

Angling towards the bottom left corner of the ‘map’ is a watercourse that has been full after rainy times but now leaves a residual pattern that is characteristic of her country

a remote Aboriginal community 450 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia

She grew up living a traditional lifestyle with her family

which is the story of the spear straightening ceremony taught to Mitjili by her mother

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm Steven Nelson Steven Jupurrurla NelsonIn 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