Yinjaa-Barni Art

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The Void I

This work was birthed out of a season of great loss and speaks of the emptiness in the absence of loved ones. It is the start of my journey through the mourning process for a lady who was my aunty but I called her and loved her like a mum and also for a granny (who was a two) that my nephew and his partner lost in early stages of the pregnancy. We may not have been able to meet the little one but will always feel the loss and I will always think of the little one we never got to meet. They will both forever be in my heart.

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The Void III

“When losing someone very important to me I often turn to my art to get through the darkest of days. When completing the first artwork in this series I looked at it and realised I had more emotions about the loss that I had to put onto canvas before I had any real thoughts of healing. So that is when ‘The Void’ series came to be. At first it was a way to work through my grief about losing mum. As the series started to progress, I realised that it was also a beautiful way to pay tribute to her. She was loving caring strong proud and always willing to go out of her way to help others. She was also a well-established Yindjibarndi artist and elder. In small communities a lot of people find it hard to process grief. They turn to other vices to numb the pain. The outcome I want to achieve with my series is to help anyone who walks into this exhibition to process and work through any grief and loss that they may have gone through themselves. Losing someone can bring so many emotions to light. My Journey into The Void began with anger, confusion, guilt and pain. I used these strong feelings to work out my thoughts on canvas. The first work in my series was very dark, with black paint on black paint. With each artwork more colour was introduced as I worked through my feelings. Sometimes the textural marks are harsh and sharp. My hand worked out the frustration. This third artwork in my series shows a glimpse of hope and light seeping through, slowly bringing back a sense of normalcy back into my life. I have painted four works in the series so far. I don’t know how many works will be in the series yet but I know I will feel when to stop.

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The Void II

This work was birthed out of a season of great loss and speaks of the emptiness in the absence of loved ones. It is the start of my journey through the mourning process for a lady who was my aunty but I called her and loved her like a mum and also for a granny (who was a two) that my nephew and his partner lost in early stages of the pregnancy. We may not have been able to meet the little one but will always feel the loss and I will always think of the little one we never got to meet. They will both forever be in my heart.

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The Void VI

This took a very long time to come to me, seven months. I had let grief overtake me – we had so many family losses over that time, the exhibition stood still. Grief is not linear and at this time, I couldn’t work on anything. It ongoing and I didn’t want to go backwards.

When I introduced mum’s style of colour mixing into this piece, her oranges and reds and especially her magenta, combined with my copper, I began to heal.

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