These are the Pilbara wildflowers that grow on the ground. There are so many different colours the carpet the country during flower season.
Name: Dawn Sandy
Language: Yindjibarndi
Biography:
Dawn Sandy was born in Roebourne in 1976 and is the daughter of Yindjibarndi artist, Celia Sandy. Dawn started painting at the end of 2006. With her six children now either grown-up or at school, she has been able to find the time to join the Yinjaa-Barni Art group and paint with her family and friends and participate in a TAFE short course in painting and design. Dawn is a confident artist whose ideas flow freely and easily on to the canvas. She is naturally gifted in design and has a sure sense of colour. The inspiration for her paintings comes from spending time in her country at different times of the year: the rocks, with the rich colours that pass over their surfaces at varying times of the day; the river and bush flowers. She mostly paints from an aerial perspective and has developed a number of styles to depict her various subjects. Dawn enjoys coming into the centre to paint with her family and friends.
Mulla Mulla This is my Country from the air. You can see the red and orange Pilbara earth, the rocks and the purple Mulla Mulla flowers springing up from the dry ground. The Mulla Mulla Read more…
Memories and Stories My Old People My grandparents grew up and worked for the stations; Millstream, Kangagie, Tambery, Mount Florance, Mulgu Downs. This painting is of the Fortescue River from where the Rainbow Serpant lives Read more…
