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Tharnandi Marni

The ocean has its own way of showing its beauty. The sea, you don’t know where it’s coming and going from. It makes you wonder. It blows my mind away that the ocean makes it’s own patterns on rocks and even the beauty of the sand that has been washed ashore with shells and weeds. It paints its own beautiful picture. For us locals that live in this environment we have a choice of going inland gathering food like kangaroo or out to the ocean, to the sea, where we know there is food like crabs and fish. We can enjoy the scenery, walking along the beach with the mangroves and the kids can play in the sand. I am fascinated by the ocean, it sparkles in the sun and I feel the beautiful sea breeze. I love the time spent out there simply enjoying the day.

Categories: Yinjaa-Barni Art

Name: Allery Sandy

Language: Yindjibarndi

Biography:

Allery Sandy is a proud Yindjibarndi woman, daughter of Sandy Andrews and Lila King. She was born in Roebourne, the fourth of eleven children and has two daughters and a son. Allery's first job was with Community Welfare selling second-hand clothing, followed by running a play group in the community for local children. In 1986 she was employed as the Aboriginal Islander Education worker in Roebourne pre-primary School, followed in 1990 by teaching her own Yindjibarndi language through a LOTE (Languages Other Than English) program. In 2001 she left the school and found work with a team of women doing cooking and sewing and she is also involved in the ministry of the Pilbara Aboriginal Church.

Allery started painting in February 2006, enrolling in short courses in painting and design. She loves to paint the landscape of her Country from an aerial perspective. She begins her works with an underpainting using sponge and brush work and then finishes off with a fine layer of dot work, creating a sense of movement and depth of field on the canvas. Allery also loves depicting the wildflowers of her Country. She enjoys painting the bush seeds, its creeks and rivers, wildflowers in season and trees that are specific to her Pilbara Country. Her style continues to expand and more recently she has started painting aerial landscapes with fine line work on Pilbara earth.

Allery regularly exhibits in galleries around the country and her works are enjoyed in private and public collections around the world. She was the Chairperson of Yinjaa-Barni Art from 2006 - 2018, is a highly respected Elder of the Yindjibarndi community and a passionate communicator of her culture. Her two daughters have followed in their mother’s footsteps and are also established artists at Yinjaa-Barni Art Centre.

In 2014 Allery featured in Marni (My Painting Style), a long form documentary of her painting a commissioned work in her signature style. She is also a performer and cultural advisor in various performances with Big hART including ‘Hipbone Sticking Out’ and ‘Songs for Freedom’, touring nationally. Most recently Allery was announced as a finalist for the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.

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