Grass Size:120 x 180 cm and occasionally flying

and occasionally flying

seeking to protect mixed heritage children

she began painting plant foods and bush meats that she grew up with

As custodians of the Dreaming

Grass Size:120 x 180 cm and occasionally flyingIn 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