#tommy mitchell

[zanephillips]

Amphetamine (Short 1966) dir. Warren Sonbert

[supersonicart]

Supersonic Art's featured member of the week: Tommy Mitchell!

[stealfocus]

ARTIST: Tommy Mitchell

[derniere-seance]

Tommy Mitchell, Cary Grant and director Howard Hawks, far right, on the set of Only Angels Have Wings (Seuls les anges ont des ailes), 1939.

[nacrre]

Tommy Mitchell (Australian / Ngaanyatjarra, c. 1943-2013) Kurlilypurru 2009 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas 152 x 212cm

[saucerkommand]

Mixed Media Portraits by Tommy Mitchell

[mybeingthere]

The late Tommy Mitchell, 1943-2013, Warakurna Artists.

Tommy Mitchell was born near Blackstone in WA and lived in Warakurna where he was a senior lawman and major painter in his 70s at the end of his life. His country was Nganturn and Walu.In his canvas paintings, Tommy Mitchell had the ability to evoke a sense of the elemental forces of nature that complimented the physical and ancestral aspects of the landscape. He was raised in the traditional manner living off the land with his family in the harsh environs of the Gibson Desert. 

He grew to be a ceremonial leader among the Ngaanyatjarra people. Apart from painting, Tommy Mitchell was also renowned for carving ceremonial weapons.

https://www.cooeeart.com.au/.../artworks/available/mp_564/

[psikonauti]

Tommy Mitchell (c. 1943 - 2013)