Burst of Spring Springtime is a beautiful blending of colours in our country. After the rain all the wildflowers come up in a pattern like a puzzle. The artist often sponges her background using earthy colours. She painted over this background with her own unique style and bright colours of Read more…
Our Country (The Pilbara) Pilbara is the country where we the Yindjibarndi people live and share many of our cultural stories and history that have been passed onto us by our ancestors, of how they used to walk through the flat country we call the (Table Lands) visiting family members Read more…
Marni 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 mulla and sturt pea bloom and the country comes alive with the wildflowers, watered by the Read more…
Blue Gum In September, when we are looking for gum from the Blue Gum Tree, we walk through the spinifex country. We pick the gum when it is crystal colour, and we eat it, or put it into hot water to make it like a toffee. We call it sugar Read more…
Walking on Yindjibarndi Country the Red Dirt This is the story of our ancestors walking on the country many years before us. It is said that you can still still their footprints in the earth.
Yindjibarndi Snake In our country we have snakes that live in the trees and they wait for flying foxes and birds to eat.
Playing with Paint This work is playful experiment with colour and textures. The background represents the Pilbara hills, the pinks represent the wildflowers and the cream colour over the top is the dry spinifex of my country.
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.
Country Bluebells The Country Bluebell is one of the common flowers growing on the edges of the river bank and around the edge of hillsides. It also grows in open plains country.
Marni, Burnt Country In the early years living out on country our ancestors walked freely from one place to another, always visiting families nearby. They knew where to go and never lost direction or place. In the season of rain and cyclones they would find shelter in the caves or Read more…