Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Lorna passed away in 2006

Lorna passed away in 2006 but her art will survive generations

their dreamings and their way of life

A shape that appears often in her work hangs down and is filled with parallel lines

Represented as the two black bold figures

Grass Seed Dreaming Nancy-napanangka--gibson-tag Lorna passed away in 2006In 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