Yinjaa-Barni Art

Dry Creek Bed This is the creek bed before the rain comes. You can see the patterns in the sand.

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.

Wild Gum Leaves These are in leaves of the eucalyptus tree used to print on canvas. I’m inspired by the shapes and patterns in the landscape.

Burst of Spring Springtime is a beautiful blending of colours in our country . When it’s been raining, all the flowers come up in a pattern like a puzzle.’ The artist started this painting with a sponge laden with colours. She painted over this background with shapes made up of 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.

Burrup This is one of the areas where a day centre will soon be built with a walkway platform. I walked up the hill and captured this scene in my mind before painting it. I wanted to document it in its natural state before all the infrastructure is built.

Pilbara Eagle This is the eagle that flies over the Pilbara. In language it is called a jarburrungu.

Jiirda (Increasing Site ) This is a special site for our people. A ceremonial place that has been passed down to us from elder to elder. It is a place where people ask for bush tucker in their country. For this to work, we rub the white chalk from Jiirda Read more…

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.

Early Morning Mist The early morning mist over the water is the smoke from the breakfast fires of the Marrga, the creation spirits. According to Yindjibarndi law, in the beginning the sky was very low. When the creation spirits, Marrga, arose from the ground they raised the sky and the Read more…