Grass Seed Dreaming Ada-bird-petyarre-tag Her early paintings often displayed

Her early paintings often displayed a profound connection to Dreaming stories

with the lightning striking the land

had settled in the town

1999 Embassy of Australia

The sacred stories and songs are the spiritual foundation on which Barbara bases her paintings

Grass Seed Dreaming Ada-bird-petyarre-tag Her early paintings often displayedIn 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