Grass Seed Dreaming Abie-Loy-Kemarre-tag sites spanning from the west

sites spanning from the west to the east of Yuendumu

In many of Barbara Weir’s paintings

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University of Miami

Grass Seed Dreaming Abie-Loy-Kemarre-tag sites spanning from the westIn 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