The Sturt Pea has a vibrant red flower. It has a succulent sweet juice that can be eaten. These flowers carpet the Pilbara and defy odds, blooming in the driest of conditions.
Name: Melissa Sandy
Language: Yindjibarndi
Biography:
Melissa Sandy was born in Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia in 1977 and has lived in Roebourne ever since."I started painting late in 2006. At first it was something to do to pass the time because I thought I had no artistic talent at all. A couple of paintings later I realised I did have my own style of painting. Painting helps me in so many ways. It helps me to relax, makes me feel more confident about myself and I have found that my art is a great way to express myself. I am so grateful to be able to paint. When any of my paintings are sold it makes me very happy to be able to make someone else happy. Please enjoy my work. Knowing that someone else is benefiting from my art makes it all worth while." Melissa Sandy has had no formal training but shows a natural flair for design and dot painting. She is meticulous about her choice of colours, spending a lot of time mixing her paints to achieve the right colours to complement each other. Her work has proven to be very popular. It is hard for her to get a body of work together as they are often sold before her work is finished. The stories that go with her paintings express the land and the plants from her country and the stories told by her elders. Melissa's work is highly individual and easily recognisable and she is constantly working on new methods of expression.
Sea Turtles Drifting Turtles roam the sea as family every year even when the times to find land to hatch their young on the beach
Sea Turtles Drifting When we see sea turtles it can mean that they can be mating and that makes us aware that they will soon be going to lay eggs. Some of our people eat Read more…