Grass Seed Dreaming Tommy-may-tag regrowing after fire

regrowing after fire

in the Northern Territory

catalogued as No

turning yellow or reddish at maturity (Bushfires and Bushtucker)

She was a prominent Australian Aboriginal artist from Utopia

Grass Seed Dreaming Tommy-may-tag regrowing after fireIn 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