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.

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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