Yinjaa-Barni Art

Country Birds

Sea Turtles Turtles drifting to sea but when it comes to winter that’s when it’s hatching season, lots of them… lay their eggs as they beach wherever the best spot without danger abouts…

New Growth New growth when the season changes. The puddles of water of Mother Earth brings out the beauty of the Pilbara Country where wildflowers start to bloom. It’s a time of season that we know where we can go out and collect food and also just enjoy the Country.

My Country The Pilbara is where my ancestors come from. The Yindjibarndi and Ngarluma people. There are many things that inspire me like the red hills and dirt, the many beautiful fresh water swimming holes, the rivers and creeks connected to them and the vibrant colours of the wildflowers that Read more…

Freshwater Dreaming I am inspired by the freshwater holes in my Grandmother’s Country, Ngarluma Land, located in the North West Pilbara Region of Western Australia. After it rains the waterholes, rivers and creeks fill up and flow through the Country; that’s the best time to go out bush and enjoy Read more…

Sea Turtle When we see sea turtles it can mean that they can be mating and that makes us aware that they will soon be going to lay eggs. Some of our people eat the eggs and turtles.

Pilbara Hills 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 .

After the Big Rain After the rain the rivers and creeks in our country come alive with a new growth of plants. The country is filled with beautiful colours. We rejoice looking at our rivers and creeks full of water, so that we can go fishing, kids can go swimming Read more…

Pilbara flowers (blue bells) Blue bells are common in the pilbara.It grows to a certain height in the bush and grows amongst the other flowers such as sturt pea and mulla mulla flowers.This flower has a prickly stem and every year grows wild in our country.

Pilbara wildflowers at Dusk In the last light of the day, the wildflowers and Country take on new colours. In the earth you can see glimmers of darker copper colours and deep burgundy as the last light of the day hits the Pilbara. The pinks represent the mulla mulla flowers Read more…