Yinjaa-Barni Art

Rain Over Spinifex Country This is the rain falling over my country. In the summer time we get most of our rain and it refreshes the landscape.

Spinifex Country In September, when we are looking for gum from the Blue Gum Tree, we walk through the spinifex country. We pick the gum when it is crystal colour, and we eat it, or put it into hot water to make it like a toffee. We call it sugar Read more…

Mulla Mulla This is the Fortescue Mulla Mulla or ‘Gumbarli’ in Yindjibarndi language. The flower is a purplish colour. It’s not a bush medicine, just a flower that grows in the country, in lines along the roads and everywhere. In this painting, the seeds of the Mulla Mulla are all Read more…

Water flowing This is water flowing through the river from the fresh rains. *on stretched circular canvas.

Colours Through The Rocks In Yindjibarndi country there are many different shaped rock formations. It looks like a truck has tipped a huge pile of rocks. At different times of the day, especially in the evening sunset, you will see the beautiful colours changing across the face of the rocks Read more…

Deep A place where the Tamis tree is and from that spot you can go look at the reef where it’s deep and we catch fish there off the rocks. Beautiful colorus that can can look at from far away and then it changes as you go close to look.

Our Spiritual Serpent Our spiritual serpent lay resting in the Fortescue River with its secret bird. It prefer no noise when entering the Fortescue River because it will get very angry and send lightening and rain and strong wind to send you on your way home from there.

Wildflowers

Jammi Bush Flower Medicine