Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm These lines represent dancing tracks

These lines represent dancing tracks in the sand made by the women

During the journey she lost her mother’s sister

Galya recalls a time when its seeds formed an important part of her clan’s diet and held deep cultural significance

bush seeds and bush flowers of Kathleen’s traditional country

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm These lines represent dancing tracksIn 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