Grass Seed Dreaming Narpula-scobie-napurrula-tag with six solo exhibitions in

with six solo exhibitions in Australia

Penny K LyonsNyangarni (Penny K Lyons)

This distinction underscores Barbara’s achievement in being celebrated as a painter on a global stage

She was a member of the Papunya Tula Artists Cooperative

the Bush Hen consumes her favourite fruit

Grass Seed Dreaming Narpula-scobie-napurrula-tag with six solo exhibitions 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