Bidyadanga is a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).
Name: Kristy Yanawana
Community: Bidyadanga
Biography:
Kristy was born in Broome and moved around all different places growing up, "All over, so many places." Kristy grew up in Bidyadanga until she left at 18 to live in Beagle Bay, and currently resides in Newman.
Having always loved art, Kristy started painting in Newman. She spent time painting with her brother, dad and little sister on their veranda, painting bush life. Kristy's favourite subjects to paint are wildflowers, animal tracks and ocean animals like stingrays, turtles and fish. She is the sister of artist Daniel Walbidi, who she says tried to teach her painting but she was too shy to learn.
Wet Season “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks Read more…
Untitled How did you get to this style of painting? “Do you mean, what have I done with my life? (chuckles to herself) To me these paintings are a sense of energy. So if I Read more…
Marapinti (Marrapinti) “Marapinti, close to Kiwirkurra. That’s my auntie’s ngurra (home Country, camp), her Jukurrpa (Dreaming). Most of that area is sandhill, with a big rock on the side. Very sacred place- no man can Read more…