Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Minnie Pwerle: Life and Artistic

Minnie Pwerle: Life and Artistic Legacy

born c1925

I was walking and worrying all the time about my mother but I kept going

Her upbringing in these locations deeply influenced her connection to her Country and culture

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Minnie Pwerle: Life and ArtisticIn 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