'Larripuka II' by Jimmy Pike
Born:
c.1940 - 2002
Region: Broome - Western Australia
Language Group: Walmajarri
Born in the Great Sandy Desert area of Western Australia, Jimmy Pike worked as a stockman and in his spare time did carvings, which he sold to tourists in Fitzroy Crossing. In the 1980s, while serving a prison sentence, Jimmy Pike joined an art class and began to paint, working in printmaking and produce linocuts. His work is characterised by the used of bold shapes in strongly contrasting earth colours. With his partner, Pat Love, a writer, he collaborated on some books as the illustrator.
1990
RHCC touring, USA
1986
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Kintore Gallery, Adelaide
National Gallery of
Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
La Trobe University, Melbourne
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
University of Sydney Collection, Sydney
Artbank
Information taken from: Birnber, M. & Kreczmanski, J.B. (2004) Aboriginal Artists: dictionary of bibliographies, J.B. Publishing, Australia.