Abstract Art with Heart, Heritage, and Storytelling.

Original Art Trail

Discover the Vibrant World of Deborah Bonar's Portfolio

Original Paintings

Explore Deborah Bonar’s Show ’N’ Tell Art Trail, featuring public and outdoor contemporary Aboriginal artworks across Western Australia. These installations share visual stories of Country, movement and memory through large-scale abstraction and community engagement.

Storytelling Through Landscape and Movement

Journey through a selection of previous artworks by Deborah Bonar, paintings woven with stories, emotions, and exploration of connections to land in modern Australia. Here is an insight into where it all started with my artist journey of earlier artworks. Click on painting image to load gallery. Learn and explore the Stories to these painting by the artist, click here to load stories.
Perth based Aboriginal contemporary artist Deborah Bonar has completed numerous Public Art Commissions, Corporate Art Workshops and School Community Art projects during her artistic career, click on the links below to see.

See Deborah Bonar's Community Art Projects - Portfolio

Be inspired by the amazing selection of previous community artworks with Deborah Bonar of Scribblebark through the eyes of the corporate world and in school communities.

Public Art

Enjoy cultural storytelling through samples of Aboriginal artist Deborah Bonar's artwork.

Saltwater

2015, acrylic on Belgian linen, 98 x 90.5cm
This landscape represents the mangroves, coral reefs and seagrass meadows of the Northwest.

Pink Diamonds

2014, ochre on canvas, 25 x 25cm
Rare and lovely pink diamonds are only found in the remote and rugged East Kimberley.

Ruby's Country

2013, acrylic on canvas, 122 x 76cm
This painting represents the heat and humidity of the wet season in Gija country in the East Kimberley, where my great grandmother, Ruby, was born. The women would gather bark, dry wood and leaves for a smoking ceremony for their babies. This made them strong and healthy and healed them when they were sick.

Swan Valley

2013, acrylic on Belgian linen, 31 x 31cm
The fertile Swan Valley, green meadows and vineyards, wetlands and campsites.

Araluen

2013, acrylic on Belgian linen, 31 x 31cm
Heaven in the hills. Flowing streams and waterfalls, a stunning botanical park featuring breathtakingly beautiful tulips, camellias and magnolias.

Magnetic Storm

2014, acrylic on Belgian linen, 102 x 72cm
Sizzling bolts of lightning and pulses of crackling thunder radiate from the sky in a sonic boom, while drumbeats of rain drown the land.

Seagrass Meadows

2013, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20cm
Seagrass delicately dancing below the waves around Rottnest Island.

Orchids and Wisteria

2013, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20cm
In spring, wildflowers burst into bloom. The bushland is sprinkled with spider orchids and native wisteria.

Walyalup

2012, acrylic on canvas, 31 x 31cm
Walyalup, where the fresh water of Derbarl Yerrigan, the Swan River, meets the ocean at Fremantle.

Mundaring

2013, acrylic on canvas, 31 x 31cm
Natural bushland, forests, open spaces, fresh air, native birds, animals and wildflowers. Mundaring Weir, Lake Leschenaultia, the Helena River. Magnificent sunrises and sunsets.Arts and crafts, roadside stalls, markets, fresh produce, fruit, vegetables, eggs and honey. What more could you possibly wish for?

Thermoclines

2012, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 21cm
This painting shows distinct layers of water at different temperatures in the ocean.

Everlastings and Canola Fields

2013, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20cm
Blue sky day, everlastings and canola fields on the road to Mullewa.

Coastline

2013, acrylic on Belgian linen, 122 x 92cm
This painting represents the warmth and beauty of Cossack, the historic bluestone buildings, and the surrounding coastline. The mangroves, creeks, holes and sand bars in the estuary are perfect for fishing and catching mud crabs.

Mullaloo Beach

2012, acrylic on canvas, 34 x 34cm
Mullaloo is the Nyoongar word for the place of the rat kangaroo. Mullaloo beach is a popular swimming spot.

Home by the Swan River

2013, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 120cm
The river and surrounding wetlands were a rich source of food and material resources for the Nyoongar people.

Precious

2012, acrylic & ochre on canvas, 122 x 92cm
Iron ore and diamonds are mined from the rich red earth and rugged hills of the Pilbara and the East Kimberley. Waterholes, billabongs, pools and soaks are sprinkled in the desert sand hills. Water, the most precious jewel of all, gives life to the people, the animals, birds, insects and plants.

Campfire Cooking

2012, acrylic on Belgian linen, 31 x 31cm
Gija women cooking bush tucker round the campfire.

Aquatic Dance

2012, acrylic on canvas, 34 x 34cm
All the sea creatures, squid, jellyfish, coral, dance in the waves.

Thunder, Lightning and Rain

2011, acrylic on Belgian linen, 122 x 76cm
During cyclone season, the heavens open and send a flood of rain upon the land. Lightning crackles and sizzles and thunderclaps blast the air. I have use vibrant acrylics to capture the excitement and energy of the storm in a rainbow of colours.

Coral Coast

2012, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 21cm
The beautiful, unspoiled Indian Ocean coastline of WA.

Under a Desert Sky

2012, acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm
This painting is a collaboration between two artists, Deborah Bonar and Jo Darvall, from different cultural backgrounds, and different perspectives on life, the world and art. Artwork from The Bronzewing and Heartlands Collection.

Strong Women

2010, acrylic on linen, 122 x 41cm
Despite everything that has happened to them, Aboriginal women are strong, enduring and resilient. They nurture their children, their families and their communities and keep their culture strong.

One Mile Gully

2014, ochre on canvas, 25 x 25cm
My grandparents settled at the One Mile Gully in Wyndham and raised their family there.

Wildflowers of the Midwest 1

2012, acrylic on canvas, 31 x 31cm
This painting is a collaboration between two artists, Deborah Bonar and Jo Darvall, from different cultural backgrounds, and different perspectives on life, the world and art. Artwork from The Bronzewing and Heartlands Collection.

Little Gecko

2010, oil on canvas, 21 x 31cm

Cyclone Season

2011, acrylic on Belgian linen, 122 x 76cm
This painting won the 2011 Cossack Art Awards (WA Indigenous Artist Category Award).

Murrin Murrin

2010, ochre on board, 69 x 21cm

Country Music

2010, acrylic & ochre on violin with case,
This artwork features the East Kimberley. The front portrays Purnululu (the Bungle Bungles) and the back portrays a sea turtle and barramundi. Invited to donate artwork Country Music, to the Perth Modern School to raise funds in their Artstrings auction.

Velvet Night

2009, oil on linen, 62 x 21cm
The heat of the day has finally drifted away leaving a still velvet night with the scent of frangipani blossoms in the air.

Thorny Devil

2009, acrylic on canvas, 21 x 31cm

Scarborough Beach

2014, acrylic on Belgian linen, 97 x 97cm

Prismatic Sea

2009, acrylic on canvas, 122 x 41cm
This painting captures the essence of my grandmother Ivy's country in the East Kimberley. The colours of the Bungle Bungles, the red pindan, the mangroves and mud flats and the magnificent crimson sunsets over the turquoise sea.

Geraldton Wax

2006, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 90cm

Wildflower Season

2010, oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm

Bushfire Banksia

2006, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 90cm

Old Man Crocodile

2009, ochre on canvas, 21 x 31cm
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Scribblebark Studio is the home of Contemporary Aboriginal Abstract Art by Gija (East Kimberley) and Yamaji (Mid-West Western Australia) artist Deborah Bonar. Based in Perth and Mandurah, Deborah creates vibrant acrylic and ochre paintings that honour her cultural connections to Country through colour, movement, and layered abstraction. Collectors can explore a curated range of original artworks, open-edition prints, and custom Aboriginal art commissions tailored for residential, corporate, and community spaces. Scribblebark Studio proudly supports ethical, authentic First Nations art practices. Shipping is available across Perth, Peel Region, Western Australia, Australia, and internationally.
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