Yinjaa-Barni Art

Wildflowers in bloom after the rain

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…

After the 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…

Old Cooyupooyu Station

My Design In her recent series of black and white works, Melissa is interested in exploring painting using only two colours on a textured surface. She says: “It’s a nice change from my big coloured paintings. I spend a lot of time thinking about the painting so I can get 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.

Pilbara Wildflower Patch In spring I can never get over the beauty of these purple, Mulla Mulla’s when they are in bloom along with the other yellow, pink and white flowers, and the yellow Blue Gum flower. It’s like a beautiful garden that you never have to water.

Sturt Pea The Sturt Pea has a vibrant red flower. It has a succulent sweet juice that can be eaten.

Thama and Jinda Thama (fire) and jinda (charcoal): When you get the marruwa (snakewood) and make fire, you see it burning, burning, burning. After the fire burns the wood becomes black, jinda (charcoal). And then the ash comes. Marruwa is the best stick to burn because it burns so hot.This Read more…

My Design In her recent series of black and white works, Melissa is interested in exploring painting using only two colours on a textured surface. She says: “it’s a nice change from my big coloured paintings. I spend a lot of time thinking about the painting so I can get Read more…