This is a painting of the Claypan Wattle when it is ripe, but it’s poisonous. This shrub starts off as a light green colour and then, as it matures, it gets darker. The flowers are a yellowy orange and also get darker with a bit of black as they are fading away.
This is a painting of the Claypan Wattle when it is ripe, but it’s poisonous. This shrub starts off as a light green colour and then, as it matures, it gets darker. The flowers are a yellowy orange and also get darker with a bit of black as they are fading away.
This is the bloodheart tree that has the jayimarra flower. The bark can be burnt and rubbed onto skin like a sunscreen, to keep cool.
We keep this bird around the camp as pets. There is an increase site for the gala which is a large rock on the Fortescue river. In the old days when they would increase the site, they’d hit this site with a stick and the rock would turn red. It can be also cooked in hot ashes or in the ground
These are the Pilbara wildflower’s that grow on the ground. Their seeds spread in the Country ready for the next year.
The colours in the back ground represent the pilbara landscape with a hint of colour piercing through representing the scattered wildflowers found all across the country side, like the red sturt pea. The white circles on top represent man made structures from roadhouses,bridges,pipelines to small communities and towns whilst leaving gaps to represent the long stretches of countryside.
In our land when you come to our country you will see lots of colours in the rocks. This painting is about these colours – ochres, reds and oranges, which stream across the rock face as the sun gets lower in the sky.
In September, when we are looking for gum from the Blue Gum Tree, we walk through the spinifex country. We pick the gum when it is crystal colour, and we eat it, or put it into hot water to make it like a toffee. We call it sugar lolly.
In September, when we are looking for gum from the Blue Gum Tree, we walk through the spinifex country. We pick the gum when it is crystal colour, and we eat it, or put it into hot water to make it like a toffee. We call it sugar lolly.
These are the beautiful purple mulla mulla and red sturt desert pea wildflowers that come out in wildflower season. The browns are the Pilbara rocks in our Country that you can see all around the rugged landscape.