Grass Seed Dreaming Tjimpuna-williams-tag of the land and of

of the land and of Men’s Business as well as ceremonial sites located in his country at Utopia Station

and which holds the story of the native owl

Her father was Toba Tjakamarra

In this painting Muna has depicted her country

across the Fitzroy river

Grass Seed Dreaming Tjimpuna-williams-tag of the land and ofIn 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