Grass Seed Dreaming Barbara-reid-napangarti-tag close to an outstation in

close to an outstation in this country

My husband had two wives

or Bush Leaves

Working in synthetic polymer on linen or canvas

waterholes

Grass Seed Dreaming Barbara-reid-napangarti-tag close to an outstation inIn 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