Grass Seed Dreaming Kathleen-petyarre-tag This upbringing connected her deeply

This upbringing connected her deeply to her country and its customs

“come on you have to go”

Ada's works are now collected throughout the world and reside in many outstanding collections

The British Museum

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Grass Seed Dreaming Kathleen-petyarre-tag This upbringing connected her deeplyIn 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