Grass Seed Dreaming Barney-campbell-tjakamarra-tag her work has been about

her work has been about places on her country

was born at Haasts Bluff in February 1950 and grew up in Papunya

with six solo exhibitions in Australia

linear designs and bold

Valerie and Christy

Grass Seed Dreaming Barney-campbell-tjakamarra-tag her work has been aboutIn 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