Grass Freda-brady-tag is a celebrated Aboriginal artist

is a celebrated Aboriginal artist who began her career during the batik era and remains a pivotal figure in the Aboriginal painting movement

His unique approach to art

Dreamings passed down to her by her father and mother and their parents before them for millennia

In many of Barbara Weir’s paintings

rock holes

Grass Freda-brady-tag is a celebrated Aboriginal artistIn 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