Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen To evade them

To evade them

or Pigsweed—became a dominant image in her art

moving between stations for ceremonial purposes

individuals are not permitted to adorn themselves with body paint arbitrarily or create their own designs

herself a renowned Utopia painter

Grass Seed Dreaming Medium:Acrylic on Linen To evade themIn 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