Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm This was purchased by the

This was purchased by the Western Australian Art Gallery in 2003

1993 Chapman Gallery

a community rich in cultural heritage

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

Utopia is a cattle station situated in the Sandover area of Central Australia

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm This was purchased by theIn 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