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Grass Seed DreamingIn 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

Her grandmother

about 230 km north east of Alice Springs

It travelled across the country

There is a rock hole with spring water at Wanywurtu where Nyangarni remembers going walkabout for goanna and pussycat [feral cat]

University of Queensland

and later moved to Amata Community

trees and bush potatoes around the small waterholes in Mina Mina

Alice and her family would bring them a delivery of food

underpinning the survival and traditions of the Pitjantjatjara people

Awelye Atnwengerrp – the title of the painting refers to significant aspects of the life of the artists Minnie

She was the daughter of Irish station owner Jack Weir and Minnie Pwerle

1930 (died 2010)