Grass Seed Dreaming Major-artworks-tags The bush leaf grows in

The bush leaf grows in a swamp near sandhills close to the Utopia region

1993 Chapman Gallery

body art is regarded as a sacred transformation that adheres to a stringent set of guidelines

with the Tingari men

The Leaves paintings depict bush medicine leaves that fall seasonally to the ground

Grass Seed Dreaming Major-artworks-tags The bush leaf grows 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