Timothy Cook / Anmatyerre/Arrernte people / Australia b.1958 / Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri (Carver) / Tiwi people / Australia b.1973 / Tutini 2011 / Carved ironwood with natural pigments and synthetic binder / 275 x 30.5cm (diam.) / Purchased 2012. Queensland Art Gallery / Collection: QAGOMA / © Timothy Cook and Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri/Licensed by Viscopy

 

Timothy Cook
Tutini 2011

Not Currently on Display

Timothy Cook was born into the House Fly skin group of the Tiwi people at Milikapiti, Melville Island, in 1958. His ‘murrakapupuni’ (country) is centred on Goose Creek. Cook is one of the leading practitioners among a group of younger-generation emerging Tiwi artists who are rapidly gaining acclaim.

Cook paints in a free and gestural style reminiscent of many older Tiwi artists, such as the late Kitty Kantilla and Freda Warlpini. Bold lines, shapes and circles, and contrasts gained through the thick application of natural pigments, produces the striking, free-flowing paintings for which Cook is recognised. Jilamara, Milikapiti, Melville Island is Cook’s own unique jilamara painting, specifically based on the region where he lives.