Pilbara Country The colours in the background represent the Pilbara landscape with a hint of colour piercing through representing the scattered wildflowers found all across the countryside. You can see the Mulla Mulla, Blue Bells and Spinifex..
Marni/Pilbara Creeks The Pilbara is a land of many beautiful colours. Its beauty blends into the mother earth and against the red, purple hills in the distance. In time and season, the yellow Wattles, Mulla and Sturt Pea bloom and the country comes alive with the wildflowers, watered by the 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 .
Emu Seeds In this painting I have depicted the pods of a shrub which is common in the Pilbara area. It is a smallish bush which comes into seed in September, when the Emu is visible in the Milky Way. This is the time the emu chicks hatch and it Read more…
Mulla Mulla This is the Fortescue Mulla Mulla or ‘Gumbarli’ in Yindjibarndi language. The flower is a purplish colour. It’s not a bush medicine, just a flower that grows in the country, in lines along the roads and everywhere. In this painting, the seeds of the Mulla Mulla are all Read more…
Blue Bells Blue bells are common in the Pilbara. They grow quite tall 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.
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…