Grass Seed Dreaming Barney-campbell-tjakamarra-tag her paintings were exhibited extensively

her paintings were exhibited extensively across Australia

Valerie and Christy

was a sellout

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

ancestral women danced at Mina Mina and ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks) rose up out of the ground

Grass Seed Dreaming Barney-campbell-tjakamarra-tag her paintings were exhibited extensivelyIn 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