Tommy Watson - iPhone 4/s #2

Tommy Watson's work In full wrap on a flush fitting polycarbonate hard case, finished with a matt, scratch and UV resistant rubberised texture coating. Feels like the image has been painted on! This case shows Tommy's work with maximum impact on a case of minimalist design, that provides protection to your iPhone 4/s. Reproduced under licence from the artist.

iArt was conceived through a passion for Australian contemporary art and technology. Through collaborations with Australian contemporary artists, distinguished names such as Adam Cullen (Estate of), David Larwill (Estate of) and Tommy Watson, iArt has created unique limited edition iPhone and iPad, covers. And yes, of course the artworks are licensed from the artist.

 

This dynamic project, brings together practical everyday items to present an alternative way of engaging audiences with contemporary art, creating an innovative strategy for reaching a wider audience. With an iArt iPhone or iPad cover you may hold a tiny masterpiece in the palm of your hand, all the while vitally increasing contemporary art appreciation.

Tommy Watson

Tommy Watson’s phoenix like emergence as an artist is almost without parallel within Australian indigenous art. With a professional career of no more than seven years and no formal training in painting except for that which he initially received at the Irrunytju Community Arts Centre, his work has captured the hearts and minds of collectors all around the world.

 

John Ioannou: “The value of Tommy Watson’s painting as investment lies in the fact that he has only ever produced 150 or so major works. Tommy regards these as (aboriginal) ‘painting his country’... ‘Beautiful country’... and symboli- cally passing on very important cultural knowl- edge to do with his culture and land.”

 

Tommy Watson is a senior Pitjantjatjara elder, (Karimara skin group), born around 1935 at Anamarapiti, a homeland 44 kilometres west of the present day community of Irrunytju in Western Australia. As a young man Watson lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle with his family. His acquisition of traditional knowledge and practical skills equipped him to survive the desert and understand the importance of tribal teachings about relationship of country to men’s Tjukurpa.