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FREDDY TIMMS (1944 - )
My Country, 1996
synthetic polymer paint on composition board
5 panels, each: 120 x 240cm

Provenance: Kimberley Art Private Collection, Vic Arguably the artist's most significant work, this five-panel painting portrays the entire tract of the his country including the areas flooded after the construction of the dam that created the Ord River Irrigation scheme. Painted from an aerial conceptual perspective, the dramatic planes of flat colour denote different aspects of country, from black soil plains to rocky outcrops, from extended valleys to meandering watercourses. As an integrated whole the entire work is a masterpiece, yet each individual panel works beautifully as a piece unto itself. Freddy Timms was born on Bedford Downs Station southwest of Turkey Creek. He spent his childhood at Bow River and Lissadell Stations, and then worked as a stockman, handyman and fencer on several stations throughout the Kimberley. He met and worked with Rover Thomas on Bow River and Texas Downs and participated in the dancing and preparation of boards for the early performances of the Krill Krill. Freddy painted for Waringarri Arts from the late 1980's developing a personal style, reminiscent of Rover Thomas, but recognisably his own. He painted exclusively in earth pigments until the mid 1990's when he began experimenting with colour. His more vivid interpretations of his country were exhibited first at Watters Gallery in Sydney. Many of his works are maps of the country where he lived and worked all of his life. His paintings are typified by expanses of flat colour delineated by white dotting, according to topography, geology, history and spiritual connections and include the black soil country, red ground, sandy ground, hills, creeks, watercourses and waterholes, roads, stockyards, homesteads and dreaming places of his travels. Freddy has been quoted as reflecting 'I think about the country where I was walking and camping, all the main water holes, all the camping areas. I remember the places where I used to go mustering and I follow them up with my painting'.