Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm Throughout the 1980s Tjampitjinpa worked

Throughout the 1980s Tjampitjinpa worked devotedly on a land claim for Ininti

Continuing their travels the women stopped at a site called Ngutjulnga

These two passed away a long time ago

1990 Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm Throughout the 1980s Tjampitjinpa workedIn 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