Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm cultural and religious beliefs and

cultural and religious beliefs and practices of Aboriginal Australians

was born at Haasts Bluff in February 1950 and grew up in Papunya

As is the case with many of the female western desert painters

Ada Bird Petyarre

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm cultural and religious beliefs andIn 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