Yinjaa-Barni Art

Walking on Yindjibarndi Country the Red Dirt This is the story of our ancestors walking on the country many years before us. It is said that you can still still their footprints in the earth.

Yindjibarndi Snake In our country we have snakes that live in the trees and they wait for flying foxes and birds to eat.

Playing with Paint This work is playful experiment with colour and textures. The background represents the Pilbara hills, the pinks represent the wildflowers and the cream colour over the top is the dry spinifex of my country.

Pilbara Wildflowers These are the Pilbara wildflower’s that grow on the ground they have a beautiful orange colour blending in the country during flower season.

Country Bluebells The Country Bluebell is one of the common flowers growing on the edges of the river bank and around the edge of hillsides. It also grows in open plains country.

Marni, Burnt Country In the early years living out on country our ancestors walked freely from one place to another, always visiting families nearby. They knew where to go and never lost direction or place. In the season of rain and cyclones they would find shelter in the caves or Read more…

Our Country (The Pilbara) Pilbara is the country where we the Yindjibarndi people live and share many of our Cultural stories and history that have been passed onto us by our ancestors, of how they used to walk through the flat country we call the (Table Lands) visiting family members Read more…

East Harding River Our family goes fishing and swimming in the East Harding River on my country. I have seen big salmon, barra and big red snapper in there.

Flowers of the Pilbara I like to paint the flowers of my country. There are so many kinds in different colours that look so beautiful against the rugged Pilbara country.

When the World was Soft According to Yindjibarndi law, in the beginning the sky was very low. When the creation spirits, Marrga (The Spirit God of The Land), arose from the ground they raised the sky and the world out of the ocean. This creation story is called Ngurra Nyujunnggamu Read more…