Grass Seed Dreaming Size:60 x 90cm Ada Bird Petyarre

Ada Bird Petyarre

Portulaca oleracea is a vital food source for desert people because it is highly nutritious and still manages to set seed during times of low rainfall

born c1925

she recalls traveling this route many times to visit family

My husband had two wives

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:60 x 90cm Ada Bird PetyarreIn 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