Pilbara Hills and Spinifex Country In our country we have spinifex covered 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…
Corkbark River Bi-yangarra This plant is used for burning the bark. During summer it is used alot. by burning the dry bark like a charcoal. Run in your hand and put on the body to keep cool. The flower from this tree is white. When in bloom it reminds us Read more…
Colours of the Pilbara Rocks The Rock formation is made of many different colours. When the big flood comes, all the rocks and pebbles take shape and the beauty of colours in the country take their place. The colours that we use for Tribal Ceremony are white, yellow, red and Read more…
Halo Wandjinas In the Kimberlys when visiting our gorges, we have Halo Wandjinas protecting and providing water on country
Seeds and Waterways (Dawn) I am inspired by the colours in the rocks, the seeds on the ground, and the way water moves through the land. When I paint, I think about the flow of a waterway. Water is always moving, and I follow that movement in my lines and Read more…
Spiritual Serpents When us Yindjibarndi people could no longer stay at our own Country we moved to Ngarluma Country then something was getting wild over us. The seaside Serpent. So we called on our fresh water snake. They fought a big battle in the sky until the Sea Snake was Read more…
Wet Season Wet season in the Pilbara fills all the lovely creeks and the rivers flow. It’s a lovely time of the year.
