Yinjaa-Barni Art

Flannel Bush Flowers These are the purple flowers with little yellow inside that grow near the side of the road during. The leaves are also used as jammi (bush medicine). They come out during Pilbara wildflower season.

Lillies

Spinifex Grass Madeline paints the country as she sees it around her, taking inspiration from the natural environment which she has lives amongst since childhood. She often paints things she sees in Yinjibarndi Country like the Pilbara wildflowers, lilyponds, claypan and spinifex.

Waterholes Madeline paints the country as she sees it around her, taking inspiration from the natural environment which she has lives amongst since childhood. She often paints things she sees in Yinjibarndi Country like the Pilbara wildflowers, lilyponds, claypan and spinifex.

Flowers Madeline paints the country as she sees it around her, taking inspiration from the natural environment which she has lives amongst since childhood. She often paints things she sees in Yinjibarndi Country like the Pilbara wildflowers, lilyponds, claypan and spinifex.

Pilbara Landscape After the Bushfire This painting represents my country in the Pilbara just after the dry season when the country is nearly ready to come back to life before the rain season starts.

Landscape of the Pilbara Kenny has depicted the long drive he takes through the beautiful Pilbara landscape.

Family Connections It’s about all of the losses that I have experienced leading up to losing mum and now the heartbreaking moments that we are going through today. The circles represent my family members, starting from the older generation to the young.

Tide Going Out When the tide goes out it drags back the water and leaves behind patterns in the sand. This painting represents the water and the sand. I like to paint my country from a bird’s eye view, looking down. I love the different textures and shapes of the Read more…

Pilbara Wildflowers Danii Rae likes to paint the wildflowers of her country in her bold and bright style. These are the bluebells growing amongst the mulla mulla.