Grass Kukika-adamson-tag drawing on women’s ceremonial body-paint

drawing on women’s ceremonial body-paint designs translated into restrained patterns and forms

Through symbolic

means 'big rain coming down with lots of wind'

As it progressed

Grass Kukika-adamson-tag drawing on women’s ceremonial body-paintIn 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