Grass Kukika-adamson-tag My husband had two wives

My husband had two wives

Using only two or three colours on a background field of connected dots which

This story is about the Anumara (Caterpillar) travelling from WA to the north-west of South Australia

His work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia

The rhythmic swaying of the grass inspired original

Grass Kukika-adamson-tag My husband had two wivesIn 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