The Aboriginal art from Karijini shows an interesting range of artistic styles and experience. Nine artists are represented in this exhibition of twenty acrylic paintings, all of which are for sale. The level of experience of the artists ranges from Daniel McCabe, whose first painting Waterfall is on display, to more experienced artists such as Doreen James, who won the Aboriginal Art Award at the 1999 Cossack Art Awards.

Two artists in this exhibition have chosen to use dots, the universal trademark of Aboriginal art, in aspects of their pictures.  Doreen James uses a stylized dot in the background to the main subject of, for example, turtles or whales. Her carefully executed paintings benefit from the painted border which 'frames' the image. Dianne Limerick uses dots in depicting designs on her subjects of turtles and goannas and, in other paintings, in the background of borders.

These works hang alongside paintings which do not have the usual hallmarks of Aboriginal art but are definitely expressions of a strong association with the land. In Mt Nameless from the Top, Philip McCabe has created an inspiring view of spinifex covered ranges, leading to shadowy low lying mountains in the distance. Wadu Tucker captures the intense colours of the sky in her small naïve style painting Sunset.

There are several small paintings of  birds, animals and fish. In the most successful of these, such as Cocky by  Helen Jenkins  and Big Fish by Brenda Alec, each artist has started with a good composition and has used strong colour to carefully paint the image resulting in a clear striking design. Sue Parker has successfully captured the colours and form of the spinifex pigeon in her naturalistic study of this bird.

In a different style again, in Coloured Hands, the artist Belloto has used the colours of the Aboriginal flag to express indigenous identity.

It is hoped that these emerging artists will continue to develop their individual styles and that more of that they will continue to exhibit in exhibitions in the Pilbara.