Grass Seed Dreaming Rosie-tarku-king-tag Shorty was a respected Warlpiri

Shorty was a respected Warlpiri artist whose vibrant and distinctive paintings are celebrated for their fresh interpretation of traditional dreamings

Surrounded by art from a young age

Her emergence as a painter coincided with a boom in Indigenous art sales

She has one brother and one sister

Richard Kelton Foundation Santa Monica

Grass Seed Dreaming Rosie-tarku-king-tag Shorty was a respected WarlpiriIn 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