YANNIMA TOMMY WATSON - WALU

YANNIMA TOMMY WATSON
WALU, 2014
122 x 153 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
 
PROVENANCE
Yanda Aboriginal Art, NT, #TW201412
Piermarq Gallery, NSW
Private Collection, NSW
Art Leven, Gadigal NSW
 
STORY
Pitjantjatjara elder Tommy Watson gained wide acclaim in an astonishingly short amount of time. His first works were created at the community arts centre in Irrunytju, 12 km south-west of the tri-state border where the Northern Territory, Western Australia, and South Australia meet. This was just 44 kms east of Anamarapiti, where he was born c.1935. Though he recalled visiting Papunya in his youth, and observing the birth of the art movement there, he did not take up painting for another 30 years.