Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Contour lines follow the small

Contour lines follow the small hills

Violet Petyarre is noted for her structured composition

she and her family would hunt and gather food in the surrounding area

In these works

its unique features

Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Contour lines follow the smallIn 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