Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm their dreamings and their way

their dreamings and their way of life

of the Walmajarri language group was born at Wanywurtu under a tutujarti [desert walnut] tree

In many paintings of this Jukurrpa curved and straight lines represent the ‘ngawarra’ (flood waters) running through the landscape

1993 Chapman Gallery

and geographic ties

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm their dreamings and their wayIn 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