Grass Seed Dreaming Rosie-tarku-king-tag The women collected the digging

The women collected the digging sticks and then travelled on to the east

Shorty was a respected Warlpiri artist whose vibrant and distinctive paintings are celebrated for their fresh interpretation of traditional dreamings

particularly after joining the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association and holding his acclaimed first solo exhibition at Alcaston Gallery in 2003

Janmarda (bush onions)

sleeping in the warm sand

Grass Seed Dreaming Rosie-tarku-king-tag The women collected the diggingIn 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