Grass Seed Dreaming Jennifer-ingkatji-tag In her paintings she depicts

In her paintings she depicts her country

Today she paints at Tjala Arts and the APY Studio in Adelaide

During the 1970s

the Pwerle sisters home country

Sharon has exhibited extensively in Australia

Grass Seed Dreaming Jennifer-ingkatji-tag In her paintings she depictsIn 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