This is my Country from the air. You can see the red and orange Pilbara earth, the rocks and the purple Mulla Mulla flowers springing up from the dry ground. The Mulla Mulla grow around my Country during wildflower season and their seeds blow away in the wind and land on Country ready for the next wildflower season.
My grandparents grew up and worked for the stations; Millstream, Kangagie, Tambery, Mount Florance, Mulgu Downs. This painting is of the Fortescue River from where the Rainbow Serpant lives now. Millstream goes up toward and alongside of ranges and other mobs in the Pilbara use this river for guidance and travelling through the Country. All the other rivers that feed into the Fortescue are used for hunting, gathering and teaching while people travel up and downs station to station. The animals in the painting represent and connect us. Sometimes animals communicate somebody coming, good or bad luck or if you’re welcome or not. We also use animals for medicine such as the Emu and Goanna for oil. Animals are also interwoven to our songline. Each of these animals have connection to us and our Lore Country.
These are my Country’s wildflowers. The green represents emu seeds, red – sturt desert peas, blue – blue gum lolly and orange is the emu seeds blooming.
Animals from Yindjibarndi Country.
*Damaged at top. Price reflects peeling paint.
This artwork is currently on stretched canvas. We will have to obtain a freight quote if you would like to purchase this work stretched.
In our country we have many hills of all different shapes and sizes. When driving through country at different times the colours change and some of the hills look like velvet in the evening and morning light.
*This artwork is on stretched canvas.
Mixing Ochre with water is when Ochre is at its best. It’s like mud and you can paint beautiful lines and it is easy to work with.
The blue represents the river along the hill side of this special place. There is lots of Ochre found here; Red, Yellow, White and also Black. Millstream is a vrey special place. Many of our ancestors used to spend days just enjoying the coolness of the afternoon fishing, gathering and collecting bush food
