{"product_id":"tommy-watson-my-country-2016-111x101cm","title":"Tommy Watson | 'My Country, 2016' | 111x101cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCode:\u003c\/strong\u003e TWAHF0005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tommy Watson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e APY Lands, SA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommunity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pitjantjatjara\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e My Country\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic On Canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 111x101cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single luminous form pulses at the heart of this work, concentric rings of orange, white, and sky blue cradling a dense core of magenta and amber dots. Around it, a vast field of deep reds and burgundy thrums with heat, dappled with darker stippling and bright flecks that seem to shimmer like air above stone in the midday sun. The eye is drawn inward, then outward, in a slow rhythmic breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTommy Watson was one of the most singular voices to emerge from the Western Desert, a senior Pitjantjatjara man whose paintings translated the country of his birth, the rocky, ochre-saturated landscape around Irrunytju, into pure chromatic energy. He came to painting late in life, but worked with the authority of someone who had carried that country in his body for decades. His canvases do not describe the desert so much as \u003cem\u003eradiate\u003c\/em\u003e it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eMy Country\u003c\/strong\u003e, the central form reads as a waterhole, a rockhole, or a significant site held within the wider expanse of land. The layered halos suggest the way such places gather meaning around themselves, a focal point in the country that draws people, animals, and stories inward. The surrounding red field carries the unmistakable temperature of the APY Lands: iron-rich earth, the flare of late afternoon, the haze of distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat sets Watson's work apart is his refusal to tame colour. The orange does not sit politely beside the red; it vibrates against it. The blue ring hums with cool dissonance against the surrounding warmth. Every dot is laid with deliberate hand, building surfaces that feel woven rather than painted. This is country rendered as sensation, heat, light, memory and presence held in equilibrium on a single plane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA work of quiet ceremony and chromatic force, it carries the unmistakable signature of an artist who saw his homeland with absolute clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamtime Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51208729854185,"sku":"TWAHF0005","price":44000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/0993\/6873\/files\/TWAHF0005-Tommy_Watson-2016-My_Country-111x101-1_web2000.jpg?v=1781136323","url":"https:\/\/cag.art\/products\/tommy-watson-my-country-2016-111x101cm","provider":"Canberra Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}