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Grass Seed DreamingIn 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

visual representation she describes the creation story of the women who travelled the land gathering bush melons and quandongs

It captures the essence of ancestral journeys across the landscape and embodies the collective memory and spiritual connection of the Pintupi people to their land

William Sandy began painting for Papunya Tula artists in early 1980s

Mitjili was born around 1945 at Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and passed away in 2019

The Role of Body Painting in Aboriginal Culture

setting the tone for a successful career

Her unique composition and the contemporary edge to her work reflects a keen sense of place retaining the importance of traditional country as inspiration for her art

At age nine

After the death of her husband in 1989

Common occasions for body paint application include hunting ceremonies and coming-of-age ceremonies for both men and women

a remote Aboriginal community 450 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia

while straight lines can be used to depict the ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks)

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