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Abstract tropical paintings reflect magic of the tropics!
I suppose that I could treat this little expose as a self portrait...abstract tropical paintings of Jill Booth by Jill Booth...
Must I put on my spectacles or may I ignore the wrinkles and flaws and make it really abstract?
Levity aside, you may be interested to know that I have always drawn or painted, encouraged by my parents from a very early age by (I now suspect) rather exaggerated praise for my efforts.
Anyhow, I believed them, which made it easier to pursue training as an art teacher in Perth, Western Australia.
Various work-related travels followed, fed by an insatiable urge to “follow the sun” and explore Northern Australia.
In Darwin I met my future husband and we shared many adventures until his death in 2003. On reflection, Darwin was probably where I explored an interest in abstract tropical paintings and began experimenting with ideas.I am so fortunate that our two children and their offspring live nearby and seem to also enjoy the laid-back, tropical lifestyle of Far North Queensland... and there’s a budding artist or two...
Until 2004, we operated a family business, first Mowbray Gallery and then Port Douglas Gallery of Fine Art, where we were privileged to meet many wonderful artists, some of whom became our friends.
Some of these artists form the core of this overview of art in North Queensland, but others will be added as the opportunity arises.Criteria for inclusion are mostly those relating to professionalism.
My own artwork explores various aspects of the Australian landscape and is expressed using oils or acrylics as semi abstract or tropical abstract paintings on canvas or as surface design on textiles, mostly silk.
See also silk painting by Jill Booth.
I often work in series, sometimes with the deliberate aim of creating giclee fine art prints, the subject matter often being chosen from aspects of ocean or rainforest and developed into tropical abstract paintings. I often use vibrant colour, perhaps contrasted with a gloomy, dark, rainforest setting.Colour, form and movement are used to respond to the grandeur, drama or mystery of the wilder parts of the Australian landscape.
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