Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Her upbringing in these locations

Her upbringing in these locations deeply influenced her connection to her Country and culture

Dreaming passed down on her father’s side

embodies the abstract qualities that define her later art

It captures the essence of ancestral journeys across the landscape and embodies the collective memory and spiritual connection of the Pintupi people to their land

Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen Her upbringing in these locationsIn 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