by Richard | Dec 6, 2017 | Tiwi Art
Harry Carpenter Wommatakimmi Harry Carpenter Wommatakimmi was a well known and prolific Tiwi Sculpture artist. He worked in Paru on Melville Island in the 1970’s and produced many great painted sculptures. The aim of this article is to assist readers in identifying if...
by Richard | Dec 6, 2017 | Tiwi Art
Tiwi Carving The vast majority of Aboriginal Sculpture comes from the Tiwi Islands. Tiwi carving can be very collectible. The Tiwi islands have had an ancient tradition of carving and painting burial posts called Tutuni. In the early 1960’s some of these skilled...
by Richard | Dec 4, 2017 | Tiwi Art
Tiwi Bark Painting Tiwi Bark Paintings are usually rendered in an abstract often geometric style. These styles look abstract but represent ancestral lines whose meaning is clear only to the Artist. Backgrounds covered in with lines, crosshatching or dots. Stripling is...
by Richard | Dec 4, 2017 | Tiwi Art
Enraeld Djulabiyanna Aboriginal Sculpture Enraeld Djulabiyanna was possibly the most distinguished sculptors among the Tiwi people. He produced very powerful painted sculptures of Purukapali and Bima. The aim of this article is to assist readers in identifying if...
by Richard | Dec 4, 2017 | Tiwi Art
Illortaminni Tiwi Art Illortaminni was an early Tiwi artist who specialized in carved and painted Aboriginal sculptures. He carved figures representing Purukapali and Bima which are the Tiwi equal of Adam and Eve. The aim of this article is to assist readers in...
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