Yinjaa-Barni Art

Dry River Soaks These are the dry soaks of my country before the rain comes. Even when the country is dry there is still beauty.

After the Rain (Allery) 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 Read more…

Pink and Purple Mulla Mulla These are the beautiful wildflowers of my country. The mulla mulla flowers carpet the ground and the lovely bluebells, blue gum and spinifex grow amongst them. They blend so perfectly with the orange colour of the earth peeking through.

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…

The Water Water on country sustains the land, culture and life.

Midnight sky This painting reminds me of when we go camping out bush we always camp out in the flat where we can see the stars shining.

Honey Ants Honey ants are shown here collecting food before winter. Bunjima people call the food ‘mulma nujnu’. This name comes from the leaves, and another name is ‘ngardanu’, which comes from the branches.

Rugged Country During dry summer months our country looks so dry, but the beauty of the red earth, the spinifex and dry grass make it beautiful. Although it doesn’t rain, but during the cool weather, the wetness in the morning, the heavy dew waters it all down and the new Read more…

Jirda Flour Increasing Site It is one of the sacred sites on the way to GG. It’s a place where Yindjibarndi ancestors walked the country gathering bush food, camping, staying close to main pools surroudning the area Wayumarri. Bilaa is a small seed that grows there. It is gathered and Read more…

Pilbara Landscape After the Raim 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 Read more…