Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm and technique

and technique

a community rich in cultural heritage

During the journey she lost her mother’s sister

These lines represent dancing tracks in the sand made by the women

This was purchased by the Western Australian Art Gallery in 2003

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm and techniqueIn 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