Grass Seed Dreaming Barbara-reid-napangarti-tag Working in synthetic polymer on

Working in synthetic polymer on linen or canvas

Margaret moved to Adelaide around 2003

We kept going and we saw kartiya getting water in a bucket from a well

Crocodile Hole and lived there for many years

Grass Seed Dreaming Barbara-reid-napangarti-tag Working in synthetic polymer onIn 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