BARBARA WEIR - GRASS SEED DREAMING
BARBARA WEIR
GRASS SEED DREAMING, 2005
180 x 120 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
PROVENANCE
Utopia, NT
Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs NTCooee Gallery, Sydney Australia
STORY
Barbara's painting depicts Grass Seed Dreaming.The small brush strokes in warm colours overlap and weave to create a swaying effect like the movement of native grass. The grass seed, which is ground and made into damper, is an important staple food of traditional Aboriginal people.
EXHIBITED
The Exhibition Continues, Cooee Art Paddington, NSW, May - June 2017