Grass Kukika-adamson-tag and later at Kintore

and later at Kintore

I was crying for my mother

means 'big rain coming down with lots of wind'

My husband had two wives

His work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia

Grass Kukika-adamson-tag and later at KintoreIn 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