Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm She passed away in Nyirripi

She passed away in Nyirripi in 2011

close to an outstation in this country

followed by the founding of a Baptist mission there in 1947

In depicting her Dreaming stories

associated sites and other elements

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm She passed away in NyirripiIn 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