Rugged Country After the Rain
This painting represents my country in the Pilbara just after the dry season when the country is nearly ready to come back to life before the rain season starts.
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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 world out of the ocean. This creation story is called Ngurru Nyujunnggama, ‘When the World was Soft’. The Marrga gave names and form to the country and then to all the birds and animals. Finally they created the Ngaardangarli, the Aboriginal people.
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Burst of Spring
Springtime is a beautiful blending of colours in our Country. After the rain all the wild flowers come up in a pattern like a puzzle. The artist, Melissa, often sponges her background using colours which include Red, Pink, Yellows and Orange. She painted over this background with her own unique style and bright colours. As in much Aborigional art the artist has represented her country from an aerial perspective.
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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 on our hands then scatter it back onto the Jiirda Hill and say where we want the plants to grow.
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Wildflower Country
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Burnt Country
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Mulla Mulla & Bluebells
Purple Mulla Mulla grows among the grasses, blending beautifully with the bushes.
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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.
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Wildflower
