James Douglas Watson b. 1913

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and printmaker, influenced in technique by Oliver Statler's Modern Japanese Prints (1956), who was in turn influenced by New Guinea art.

painter and printmaker, was mainly an oil and watercolour painter, although he had no formal art training. His woodcuts, done from the mid 1960s, were influenced in technique by Oliver Statler’s Modern Japanese Prints (1956), their subjects by New Guinea art. A major work Ceremonial (like a mat) employed 16 stages of printing – edition printed 1968 76.

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Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007