This is the Harding River. I painted this with my grandmother Allery Sandy. She taught me to paint my Country.
Name: Treinaya Phillips
Language: Yindjibarndi
Biography:
I was born in Armadale Khelmscott Memorial Hospital in Perth on the 27th of June 1997, I am the eldest child of Brian Phillips and Sheryl Hicks. I have two sisters Cheyenne and Natiesha, four brothers Qualin, Shequarne, Tyrheece and Draecus. I've spent most of my life travelling and moving back and fourth from Roebourne to Perth, I finally settled down in Newman after five years while I was still in year 12 we moved to Karratha to be closer to my family and country. my mother is Ngarluma and my dad is Yindjibarndi, I follow my dads side. I started painting in 2011 in my year 9 art class,in 2014 i started painting with my family at Yinjaa-Barni Art. I enjoy painting patterns, mixing colours and I find it relaxing
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…