Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm The Dreaming travelled as clouds

The Dreaming travelled as clouds

The sacred stories and songs are the spiritual foundation on which Barbara bases her paintings

Ngarralja lives with his children at Mindi Rardi Community in Fitzroy Crossing

“come on you have to go”

She is the niece of the acclaimed artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye and her paintings are held in private collections and numerous Australian and overseas galleries

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm The Dreaming travelled as cloudsIn 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