This is how I remember Roebourne school in the 80s before it was demolished. There was even a fishpond on the school grounds.
Name: Rodney Adams
Language: Yindjibarndi
Biography:
Rodney Adams is a Yindjibarndi man who was born in the town of Roebourne. He only recently started to paint while watching his partner paint at home. He has a flair for painting landscapes and places that he had spent time on during his childhood. He paints the Yindjibarndi country and surrounding areas and also paints animals. Rodney has a natural talent his choice of color and technique with brush work brings something new to all the painting's that he brings to life on the canvas. He captures the essence of the Pilbara perfectly.
Rodney's unique style has recently won him an award at the Cossack art prize and he has also had a solo show in Sydney at Chalk Horse Gallery.
Country Bluebells The Country Bluebell is one of the common flowers growing on the edges of the river bank and around the edge of hillsides. It also grows in open plains country.
Springflowers This artwork shows the flowers blooming in the Spring, showing it’s beauty. There are sturt peas, mulla mulla and bluebells.
Millstream Emily is one of Yinjaa-Barni Art’s emerging artists. Emily painted this artwork after returning to Country on an art centre camp to Millstream. She collected natural pigments from Millstream crossing and ground the rock Read more…