Grass Seed Dreaming Jennifer-ingkatji-tag The women stopped at Karntakurlangu

The women stopped at Karntakurlangu

Kevin likes to paint landscape

Today Lily Kelly Napangardi's art is recognised as some of the most innovative in the contemporary Aboriginal art scene

275 kms north-east of Alice Springs

Grass Seed Dreaming Jennifer-ingkatji-tag The women stopped at KarntakurlanguIn 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