Grass Seed Dreaming Colleen-wallace-tag Yaritji uses concentric circles to

Yaritji uses concentric circles to symbolise these rock holes

She developed her own vibrant

and in the decade that followed Aboriginal people of various tribes and families from the surrounding area were forcibly relocated to Yuendumu

The people of Utopia call these plants anemangkerr and akarley

Grass Seed Dreaming Colleen-wallace-tag Yaritji uses concentric circles toIn 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