Grass Size:120 x 180 cm We were walking and hunting

We were walking and hunting all the way

‘warnayarra’ (the ‘rainbow serpent’) and the snake carried water to create the large lake

a motorcar came from Moola Bulla to Old Bililluna and took us to Moola Bulla

The other important dreaming for these painters is the dancing tracks which are made in the sand during women’s ceremony

Grass Size:120 x 180 cm We were walking and huntingIn 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