Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm setting the tone for a

setting the tone for a successful career

His work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia

She grew up living a traditional lifestyle with her family

Barney Campbell Tjakamarra was born born circa 1928 at Kaylilwarra south Warbuton in the Gibson Desert of Western Australia and he died in December 2006

1990 Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm setting the tone for aIn 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