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It is an interesting exercise to watch her paint as Barbara has mastered the flow and juddering

Concentric circles are often used to represent the ‘jintiparnta’ (desert truffles) that the women have collected

some 250 km north-west of Alice Springs in Central Australia

Weir’s initial recognition on the international stage came with exhibitions in Paris and Switzerland in 1996

Bush Tomato Janie-kulyuru-lewis-tag It is an interesting exerciseGalyas work is distinctive and highly individual. Her early paintings, dating from around 2004, drew on Portulaca oleraceaknown as munyerooa grass once abundant in the Utopia region and an important food source for generations. Its tiny black seed became central to her imagery, with Galya adopting its half circle form as a dominant motif in her paintings. Over fifty years of cattle grazing greatly reduced the abundance of this grass. In her paintings,