Grass Freda-brady-tag Violet Petyarre is noted for

Violet Petyarre is noted for her structured composition

Dreamings passed down to her by her father and mother and their parents before them for millennia

In many of Barbara Weir’s paintings

not just as Indigenous art

Washington

Grass Freda-brady-tag Violet Petyarre is noted forIn 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