Grass Seed Dreaming Narpula-scobie-napurrula-tag Kudditji Kngwarreye

Kudditji Kngwarreye

which distinguished her from her peers

Walking in the Bush

Kununurra and Billiluna for many years

In 2020 she was also a finalist in the Heysen Prize

Grass Seed Dreaming Narpula-scobie-napurrula-tag Kudditji KngwarreyeIn 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