Grass Seed Dreaming Colleen-wallace-tag this work speaks volumes about

this work speaks volumes about Kathleen’s country and her connection with it

Phyllis Thomas is a Gija woman of Nagarra skin whose bush name

cultural and religious beliefs

Yaritji uses concentric circles to symbolise these rock holes

and she draws upon her ancestral heritage and the teachings of her father

Grass Seed Dreaming Colleen-wallace-tag this work speaks volumes aboutIn 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