Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Some rarer examples of her

Some rarer examples of her work are painted in two colours (mainly white and red) on black background

Rosie Tarku KingRosie Tarku King's story - I was born at a jumu [soak water] called Payinjarra in the Great Sandy Desert

When Phyllis was young she worked on Turner Station looking after poultry

In Warlpiri paintings

Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Some rarer examples of herIn 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