Acrylic Paintings

Simmo, 46″h x 54″w (116.84cm x 137.2cm) acrylic/mixed media painting on canvas, 1984. Original portrait montage and tribute to Simmo, for decades Cooktown’s most colorful character (and its undertaker), who passed away in early 2013.

Oil Pastels

Pub Talk, by Australian artist James Baines 44″ x 36″ (111.75cm x 91.5cm) acrylic painting on canvas of Peter English and friend Annie at the Malanda Hotel pub, Queensland, Australia, 2011.

Drawings

Papitarrekin, 22″ x 36″ (55.9cm x 91.44cm) Pen-and-ink Portrait of an Aborigine Man

Cooktown Montage, 12' x 4'3" (3.66m x 1.3m, 366cm x 137cm) acrylic on canvas, 1966.

Cooktown Montage, 12′ x 4’3″ (3.66m x 1.3m) acrylic painting on canvas, 1966 “Cooktown Montage” was James’ first montage painting, depicting the Gold rush times in Cooktown, Australia, last outpost of civilization on the way to the Cape York Peninsula …

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Broome Odyssey, 5’3″h x 11’w (1.6m x 3.35m) acrylic painting on canvas by artist James Baines, 1989-2012. The Broome Odyssey is a painting which depicts the history of Broome, Western Australia, the pearling capital of  Australia, over the decades since …

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