Tropic of Capricorn Artist Directory - information about leading Australian tropical artists.TROPIC OF CAPRICORN ARTIST DIRECTORY - NORTH QUEENSLANDThis Tropic of Capricorn artist directory includes many leading artists living in Far North Queensland. They are mostly interested in portraying some aspect of life in this beautiful far-flung region.Click on each name to learn more about them. Diverse subject matter might include studies of tropical rainforest plants, tropical birds, figure drawings and portraits, the tropical savannah, Australian myths and legends, even aspects of growing sugar cane. Often trained in southern states or in other countries, frequently with a successful artistic career behind them, they are attracted to the relaxed life-style and stunning beauty of the forests, mountains and tidal fore-shores. Many of these artists are environmental crusaders, story-tellers or social commentators. This Tropic of Capricorn artist directory includes painters who work in various mediums including oil, watercolour or acrylic paint, textiles or mixed media. There are printmakers and glass artists, sculptors, musicians and writers.
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN ARTIST DIRECTORY - TROPICAL PAINTINGS
Tania Heben is an oil painter who often paints 'people in the landscape' as they go about enjoying the beach, markets, inland rivers and jungle. She has also recorded many old buildings, such as sugar cane "barracks" - sometimes just before they have been demolished! 
Linda Jackson, renowned as a fashion designer and trend-setter from her work with Jenny Kee in establishing Flamingo Park and later her own frock salon, Bush Couture, has concentrated on tropical paintings on canvas and lengths of painted and dyed fabric of recent years. 
Christine Eyres works from her studio in the northern beaches of Cairns. She examines concepts and stories relating to the human condition, rendering her observations in layers of paint - and meaning. 
Jim Cobb is a paint manufacturer as well as a painter, his laboratory and studio both being in Julatten, near Port Douglas. Australian tropical landscape ideas, rendered in beautifully harmonious colour on canvas or paper give an impression of grandeur and beauty. 
Josephine Cobb
, sadly, died suddenly in October 2010 and is greatly missed by her family and many friends. She shared an interest in landscape with husband, Jim, although their approaches and styles were different. She frequently travelled inland with Jim and painter friends to capture the "red heart" en plein air, with impressive results.
Jill Booth paints and prints "one off" lengths of silk and semi-abstract paintings on canvas or paper in her Port Douglas studio, subject matter usually being the Australian landscape. 
Terry Johnson works from his gallery in Robe, South Australia, but recently has decided to spend winters in Port Douglas. His tropical paintings reflect his happy attitude to life, subjects often being people enjoying their holidays in the tropics! 
Ron Edwards, sadly, passed away in 2008 but his paintings, drawings and books about bush-craft and life in the far north and islands of the Torres Strait live on and are available from the gallery in Cairns which his widow, Anne, herself a painter, operates. 
Anthony Henjel uses oil painting techniques of the old masters to develop portraits of friends. He also paints scenes of the Port Douglas environment where he lives, using more experimental methods. 
Cara Stevens enjoys using found, natural, objects, which she uses to great effect in her abstract landscapes and seascapes. 
Mary Ann Runciman is passionate about using oil paints in her portraits of Port Douglas characters, paintings of boats in the inlet and figure drawings from life studies. 
Yoshiko Kirby , torn between two cultures, has developed autobiographical narratives, reminiscent of the style of traditional Japanese paintings as her personal, expressive language. 
Louise Collier lived on Low Isles near Port Douglas for five years, painting the beauty of the coral cays, lagoons, mangrove islands and the teeming life beneath the surface of the Coral Sea. TROPIC OF CAPRICORN ARTIST DIRECTORY - PRINTMAKERS
Anna Curtis specialises in hand cut lino-blocks, which she uses to produce a wonderful array of highly skilled and engaging nature-inspired reduction lino prints. 
Leon Pericles was a frequent visitor to Port Douglas in North Queensland from his home in Perth, Western Australia. His gently satirical observations of life in Australia, executed through etchings and collages as well as paintings have endeared him to many.
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