Yinjaa-Barni Art

Waterholes This painting shows the many waterholes you find in the Pilbara region. Some are well known, others are hidden amongst the hills.

Walking the Land These are the tracks of my ancestors who walked the land long before us. We now walk where they walked.

Emu Seeds In this painting I have depicted the pods of a shrub which is common in the Pilbara area. It is a smallish bush which comes into seed in September, when the Emu is visible in the Milky Way. This is the time the emu chicks hatch and it Read more…

Wildflowers 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 Read more…

Rugged Country of the Pilbara During dry summer months our country looks so dry, but the beauty of the red earth, the spinifex and dry grass make it beautiful.

Early Morning Mist The early morning mist over the water is the smoke from the breakfast fires of the Marrga, the creation spirits. According to Yindjibarndi law, in the beginning the sky was very low. When the creation spirits, Marrga, arose from the ground they raised the sky and the Read more…

Turtle Dreaming Kenny likes to depict the sea turtles that inhabit the waters of his country. His style is impeccably neat and precise.

Turtle Dreaming Kenny likes to depict the sea turtles that inhabit the waters of his country. His style is impeccably neat and precise.

Pilbara Wild Flowers This is about my country, my grandfather’s country, Millstream, It reminds me of the water- like an underground spring and all the flowers around it. When you go up to our country, you see lots of Mulla Mulla plants with purple flowers and yellowish seeds on top. Read more…

Gardangu ( Sugar Lolly) This is a painting of the sugar Lolly tree before the flowers have fallen off.When the flowers falloff we go out bush and find the bush gum lolly,( the lolly is the sap that oozes out of the tree)