Original tropical paintings by Jill Booth for sale.The original tropical paintings featured here are the result of many years of research and experimentation. Jill Booth has painted all her life and has also been a textile artist, specialising in surface design, for the past twenty five years. She combines her interest in wearable art fabrics with paintings about the Australian landscape on paper, canvas and silk. Recently, in addition to the paintings below, she has developed a series of beautiful silk and cotton lengths, which comment on the reef and coastal areas of tropical North Queensland, where she lives.
Here are some images of Jill's past work - oils and acrylics on paper or canvas, and dyes on silk. As you see, the work is about the vibrancy and colour of her surroundings. ORIGINAL TROPICAL PAINTINGS FOR SALE To enlarge an image please click on it; once you exit that image you will return here. Please use the form at the bottom of this page to comment on the paintings - or to have your favourite sent to you! Freight and insurance are easily arranged. 
A few years ago, as a Low Isles Preservation Society volunteer, I spent a few days on the island with an artist friend. The constant mournful cooing of Torres Strait pigeons, their fluttering and flapping as they nested amongst the trees, feathers and broken eggs floating to the dry, leaf-covered sand below, were memorable impressions. "Our Island Home" Oil on canvas - triptych, each 910 x 1220mm x 35mm A$4,950 (painting continues around edges) 
Be excited by the orchestrated movement and brilliant flashes of colour as flocks of lorikeets descend on beach almond trees or take wing in a lop-sided flurry of fermenting nectar-induced intoxication. "Riotous" Acrylic on paper - 760mm x 560mm $A1,850 framed 
The old relief lighthouse-keeper's cottage on Low Isles now serves as accommodation for voluntary caretakers. For many years an old blue table on the verandah was the focal point for discussions - and cups of tea. Thoughts turn to those lonely and isolated women, who, so far from home, probably also sat in this spot, thinking of their loved ones. "The Blue Table" mixed media and collage on paper $A1,850 framed 
This painting symbolises the abundance of Nature and the exciting experience of living in Far North Queensland. "Tangerines" Acrylic on paper - mm x mm $1,200 unframed. 
The delicious tasting, fragrantly perfumed lychee, eaten ice cold at the onset of the hot,Wet season, can't be bettered. This bunch was growing on a huge old tree beside my house - and didn't last long before it was eaten! "Lychees" Acrylic on paper - 560mm x 760mm A$850 unframed 
These abstract representations of the tropical, turquoise and green ocean can be "mixed and matched" and hung in any order or direction - you could change the display as often as you liked! "Ocean" 1 - 6 acrylic on canvas 350mm x 350mm x 45mm $ A420 each. 
Seen through dim light that filters between towering trees and rambling lianas, strange growths push up from the forest floor. "Magic Mushrooms" acrylic on canvas 900mm x 900mm $A650 
Walk through the tangled tropical bush, jungle vines barring your way, prickly hooked thorns catching your clothes and spider-webs clinging stickily to your face... "Bush Walk 1" on left "Bush Walk 2" on right oil on canvas 610mm x 910mm $A560 each or both A$980 
The ravages of high tides and cyclones eventually claim tall coconut trees and they come crashing down. Clinging on to life, their roots remind me of grass skirts dancing defiantly; offspring bounce around happily as they look for the best place to start a new growth cycle. "Coconuts Dancing 1" and "Coconuts Dancing 2" oil on canvas - 1020mm x 760mm x 40mm each A$1,700 or A$3,100 for both (painting continues around edge) To top of original tropical paintings page
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