Yinjaa-Barni Art

Pilbara Hills Country This painting represents many Pilbara hills we have in our country and the dry spinifex everywhere with the green trees. This is my grandmothers hill at three different times of the day.

Turtle Dreaming When we see sea turtles it can mean that they can be mating and that makes us aware that they will soon be going to lay eggs. Some of our people eat the eggs and turtles. Back long ago, my people used to dive for turtles for Mr Read more…

Milky way Certain times of the year you can see the dark shape of an emu among the stars of the Milky way. During wintertime, When you can see the shape of it’s neck and head, you know that emus are ready to start laying their eggs. When you see Read more…

Ngurrin This is the Harding River. I painted this with my grandmother Allery Sandy. She taught me to paint my Country.

Minjurlu (Spinifex Gooseberry) Minjurlu is a small melon that grows out in the spinifex and it’s only used to feed the kangaroos, it’s food for the kangaroos. Minjurlu is a food that we do not eat because it’s non-edible. It’s very good for us to know all this; what we Read more…

Gardangu (Blue Gum Tree) among flowers This plant is the gardangu tree. The gardangu comes from the blue gum tree that comes out in September. This very special tree is produces sugar lolly for us, a crystal lolly, like a toffee. Every year, we collect this, eat and suck it Read more…

Pilbara Wild Flowers My country is alive with wildflowers in season. They carpet the landscape with many colours. These are the Sturt Peas, Mulla Mulla and Yellow Wattle.

Pilbara Wildflowers amongst the Mist and Spinifex These are the beautiful wildflowers that grow in my country. They grow amongst the spinifex and bloom at all different times of the year

Wildflowers I paint my country in my own style. We have so many beautiful flowers that are watered by the rains. The Pilbara is a place of many beautiful colours.