Grass Seed Dreaming Tommy-may-tag She was a prominent Australian

She was a prominent Australian Aboriginal artist from Utopia

1945 at Mt Doreen station

followed by the founding of a Baptist mission there in 1947

One Monday my promised husband came from GoGo Station to pick me up and we went to live at GoGo and then Bayulu Community

Abie’s reputation is built upon her exceptional attention to detail and her mastery of fine dotting

Grass Seed Dreaming Tommy-may-tag She was a prominent AustralianIn 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