Grass Size:120 x 180 cm ‘warnayarra’ (the ‘rainbow serpent’) and

‘warnayarra’ (the ‘rainbow serpent’) and the snake carried water to create the large lake

As custodians of the Dreaming

Yaritji Heffernan was born in 1965 at Mulga Park station

International Acclaim and Exhibitions

Maria Curley is painting the Caterpillar Dreaming that she inherited from her Grandmother

Grass Size:120 x 180 cm ‘warnayarra’ (the ‘rainbow serpent’) andIn 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