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Broome Odyssey

By Hannah West Posted on 9 April, 2013 Posted in 1980s, 2000s, Acrylic Paintings, Art, Australiana, Currently Available, Figurative, Historical Works, Medium, Montage, Original Art, Realist/Academic/LIterate, Recent Works, Subject Tagged with acrylic, Alfons Reid, Allan Griffiths, Alphons Reid, Australia, Broome, Broome Odyssey, Dale Chapman, Dampier, Diane Chapman, Dockie Reid, educational art, Festival of the Pearl, historical, historical art, historical mural, historical portrait, history, history of Broome, James Baines, John Braithwaite, Keith Dureau, Lord Macalpine, Nick Paspaley, painting, Paspaley Pearls, pearl, pearl diving, pearl history, Pearlers Bar, pearling, pearling capital of Australia, pearling center, pearls, provenance, Roebuck Bay, Roebuck Bay Hotel, Shinju Festival, Shinju Matsuri, Shinju Matsuri Festival, south Pacific pearls, the broome odyssey

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 …