Grass Seed Dreaming Jennifer-ingkatji-tag Phyllis Thomas is a Gija

Phyllis Thomas is a Gija woman of Nagarra skin whose bush name

west of Yuendumu

In her paintings she depicts her country

My Mother’s Country

she also shares with her six sisters the Thorny Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming

Grass Seed Dreaming Jennifer-ingkatji-tag Phyllis Thomas is a GijaIn 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