Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm close to an outstation in

close to an outstation in this country

widely travelled

From the early 1980s

This was purchased by the Western Australian Art Gallery in 2003

Jennifer relocated to Adelaide for health reasons

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm close to an outstation 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