about
James studied at the Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design in the UK. For over 35 years he has been working as a painter and media director. He is the founder and managing director of the production company Surefire Media, based in Sydney, Australia.
Painting has always been a constant meditative practice for James. Lately, art and art-making are providing an even greater flame of inspiration, offering solace, newfound comfort, and inner peace.
Recent works find inspiration and subject matter in rural Australia, the ocean and still-life subjects, with ideas of isolation, quietness, contemplation, memories, solitude, and a momentary view - leaving, belonging, and returning.
James uses part representational techniques: painting mostly on wooden panels and linen with charcoal underdrawing, mixed media, and wax mediums.
Gallery enquiries are welcome.
selected exhibitions
2011 - 'Spring', group show
2014 - 'Colour blue', group show
2018 - The Annex exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2019 - Group summer exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2020 - Finalist, Drummoyne Art Society NSW exhibition
2021 - 'Paintings for a kitchen', Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2021 - Finalist Waverley Woollahra 9x5 landscape exhibition
2022 - 'Objects from a beach house', Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2022 - 'Small paintings for Christmas', group exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2023 - Group summer exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2023 - 'Shucked - Champagne and Oysters', group exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2023 - 'ASH, the artists of Surry Hills group exhibition', Sydney
2023 - 'State of stillness', Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2024 - Affordable Art Fair exhibition event, Randwick, Sydney
2024 - 'Items from the Delicatessen', group exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2024 - Group summer exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2025 - 'Epicurean', group exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2025 - 'Shaken not Stirred', group exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney
2025 - 'Meditations in paint', solo exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Sydney