Grass Freda-brady-tag A design based on these

A design based on these dancing tracks is painted on women’s bodies before a ceremony is performed

My Country – Bush Seeds depicts the sandhills

is a celebrated Aboriginal artist who began her career during the batik era and remains a pivotal figure in the Aboriginal painting movement

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

After nearly a century of cattle grazing

Grass Freda-brady-tag A design based on theseIn 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