Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm bush seeds and bush flowers

bush seeds and bush flowers of Kathleen’s traditional country

close to an outstation in this country

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

The locations and knowledge of rock hole sites

The site depicted in this painting is Puyurru

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:120 x 120 cm bush seeds and bush flowersIn 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