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Writing about Jimmy’s paintings, preserved here as a compact reading list.

An open sketchbook spread: a softly drawn room and bicycle on the left, and a seated man holding a bicycle wheel on the right

Little Treasures

Kenny Schachter ·

“James (Jimmy) Connelly is the art world’s Rumpelstiltskin, spinning treasures with the twirl of a paintbrush from mere pigment and canvas.”

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Words by Zara Connelly, Paintings by Jimmy's Brushes

Zara Connelly · Jimmy Connelly: A Brush with Fantasy, Amanita, New York ·

A monograph accompanying 104 canvases painted during the last decade.

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A monochrome drawing of a postman leaning forward beneath a large sack of letters and parcels

James Connelly — Let the Dog See the Rabbit

Kamini Vellodi · Hammelehle und Ahrens Gallery, Cologne ·

An essay preserved as a readable full-resolution archival image.

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Surviving Guardian clipping headed James Connelly: How To Cook An Hour In 59 and signed JL

Review of “How to Cook an Hour in 59 Minutes”

Writer: JL (believed to be Jessica Lack) · The Guardian ·

Dick Smith Gallery, London · Curator: Tom Morton

A surviving Guardian exhibition review signed “JL”.

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