Wendy Warrie

Roebourne Artist Wendy Warrie is a Yindjibarndi woman living at Cheeditha Community in Western Australia’s Pilbara. She has been painting since 2001 and has participated in many exhibitions exploring other mediums to find new ways to keep her stories and culture alive.

Wendy’s art focuses on the creation story of the Yindjibarndi people. The Barrimirndi (Rainbow Serpent), from the time when the land was soft, and his journey inland formed the Fortescue River and made the country hard. Flooding rivers feature in Wendy’s artwork, the rough water where the tide comes in and meets the flooded rivers.