Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm was born at Haasts Bluff

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

While Margaret's mark-making and aesthetic has similarities with her father's

Aboriginal ceremonies

another community some 130km away

Grass Seed Dreaming Size:90 x 120 cm was born at Haasts BluffIn 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