Grass Seed Dreaming Size:60 x 90cm Margaret still lives in Nyirripi

Margaret still lives in Nyirripi

are passed down through generations and are deeply respected within the community

she recalls traveling this route many times to visit family

born c1925

Nancy mainly paints Mina Mina Jurkurrpa

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:60 x 90cm Margaret still lives in NyirripiIn 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