Grass Seed Dreaming Abie-Loy-Kemarre-tag Jorna lived a nomadic hunter-gatherer

Jorna lived a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle with her parents

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

Following her late start in painting

In many of Barbara Weir’s paintings

Grass Seed Dreaming Abie-Loy-Kemarre-tag Jorna lived a nomadic hunter-gathererIn 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