Grass Seed Dreaming Lorna-fencer-napurrula-tag Northern Territory (referred to as

Northern Territory (referred to as Unupurna in her local language)

Nancy mainly paints Mina Mina Jurkurrpa

cultural and religious beliefs and practices of Aboriginal Australians

red and black indicate grass burning in a bushfire

During the journey she lost her mother’s sister

Grass Seed Dreaming Lorna-fencer-napurrula-tag Northern Territory (referred to asIn 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