• Woman with long dark hair holding a large, woven, circular basket in a forest setting during sunset.

  • Close-up of a woven basket made of natural fibers, with visible detailed weaving and interlacing patterns, viewed from underneath, set against a blurred outdoor background.

  • Cover of Fleurieu Living magazine featuring a table set for a garden party with wine, pizza, salads, and candles, with a background of a modern outdoor space, and an inside page with images of pottery and traditional crafts.

  • Colorful abstract painting with circular patterns, swirls, and dots in shades of orange, pink, blue, green, and brown.

  • Close-up of woven straw or grass, with orange and beige fibers, forming a detailed pattern.

  • Abstract art piece with concentric circles in shades of red, orange, white, black, blue, and teal, displayed on a white wall in a gallery setting.

  • A display of colorful artwork and handcrafted items on a multi-tiered shelving unit. The top shelf features a large abstract painting with pink, purple, blue, and brown colors, along with a ceramic jug holding yellow globular flowers and a mannequin bust with jewelry. The middle shelf holds smaller patterned baskets. The shelves below contain books, a small plant, and additional artwork.

  • Abstract colorful dot painting on wall next to green potted plant in white planter.

Elisabeth Blomberg

A woman with long dark hair, wearing a beige patterned blouse, brown pants, large earrings, and a beaded necklace, standing indoors with a plain wall background, surrounded by floating butterfly effects.

Hi I’m Elisabeth, a proud Wiradjuri woman through my mums side, born in Orange, raised in Sydney and I now live on beautiful Kaurna country on the Fleurieu peninsula SA. I was taught how to paint by my nan and pop when I was a kid, going out to Condoblin NSW in the school holidays and watching them make didgeridoos. I loved those weeks on Country, hanging with the cousins in the bush, watching my family create and learning what I could from them.

I moved away from my creativity in my 20’s and after a big life event in my 30’s I slowly returned to it. Painting was a way to bring me back to myself again and what I also found was that it served as a bridge to connect me deeper to my culture once more.

Weaving and painting has taken me on a journey of honouring the connection between ancestors, spirit, the land and the stories it holds. The act of creating for me is a form of meditation and storytelling and I have found that it acts as a natural channel for me to receive wisdom, stories, visuals, guidance and information from ancestors passed, custodians of the land and the nature spirits.

What I have learned is that the Earth is deeply alive, she has many stories to tell and deep deep knowledge that she holds. We can learn how to have relationship with her and foster kinship that is of equal give and take. There is deep pain being held that wants to be heard and healed yet even deeper insight and intelligence we can learn from. My work is a bridge between the past and present, spiritual and physical. It is part me and part spirit,  lineage and land. Of this Earth, deeply of it and also the unseen.

Wiinya is a Wiradjuri word meaning ‘enlightening’ or ‘burning’. It is the shedding of light on understanding.

I create under the name WIINYA because this is what I experience when I am in creative flow. Information comes through to me: from my lineage, from the experiences stored in my DNA, from the land, from the custodians that still live here and from spirit that surrounds us at all times

Wiinya - is to give you more information and understanding of something. It is my hope that as I learn perhaps you do too. Through the stories shared it can be a ay to know more about ourselves, about Indigenous culture and this wise wise Earth we walk on.

Thank you for being here 

WIINYA

A woman with long dark hair wearing a black dress and a beaded necklace stands outdoors in a forest, illuminated by warm sunlight.

“The land is a primary source of inspiration for me, its presence is felt in many of the pieces I create. My connection to divine source is also a driving force behind my art. I believe the stories and knowledge of my ancestors transcend time, flowing through me and into my art. This practice is not just about creating, it is about listening to the messages from the other side and translating them into a tangible form”.