Grass Seed Dreaming Size:60 x 90cm are passed down through generations

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

Margaret still lives in Nyirripi

Portulaca oleracea is a vital food source for desert people because it is highly nutritious and still manages to set seed during times of low rainfall

The dance that Molly paints is owned and performed only by women of the Pwerle and Kemarre skin groups

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:60 x 90cm are passed down through generationsIn 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