Description: Painting directly onto raw, unstretched canvas, working instinctively without preamble or pause for thought by Stroud based Artist James Green
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Artist James Green paints directly onto raw, unstretched canvas, working instinctively, without preamble or pause for thought. His earliest art was observational and figurative, with a kind of meticulous precision, but, having demonstrated this precocious skill, he felt free to cast-off formal technique and to work in a more expressive way, characterised by loose, vivid unpredictability. The first impression is of gestural vitality and rich painterly effect – bright colours merge into murky smudges; sharp d
“The last decade has been about dissecting the human form in a process that is energetic, spontaneous and organic. I now find it more powerful to capture the essence of a person rather than to render an exact image. The paintings I make today are one-offs that I couldn’t replicate. They are unique to specific moments, authentic to me. I don’t look for or seek inspiration; I live my colourful life and allow that to guide the path for my practice.”
Mixedmedia painting on museum-grade unstretched canvas by James Green Artist. This painting belongs to recent project, ‘Finding Freedom’.