Studio Work: Philip James ROI - Softcover

James, N. P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908419415 ISBN 13: 9781908419415

Publisher: CV Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Landscape, City Views and figure studies by Philip James ROI, draws from works made 1964-2011. Moorland views, studies in Spain, Greece, Mauritius, Paris and the London's Square Mile. Work from the model in life studios. 'The painter hoists a large canvas to the easel and sorts through a sheaf of images. He picks out a favorite view of Cannon street in the City. With the broadest brush he sweeps a darkened mixture of ochre, umber and cobalt blue, laying swathes of shadow before slashes of light in cream and grey blue. Having established the suggestion of sunlit buildings against a blackened ground he puts the canvas aside to replace it with an Oxfordshire landscape, while glancing at ten more canvases that await development.' In a collection of works and artist's notes the reader is introduced to the intimate process of landscape painting; from the initial choice of the subject and theme to detail the formation of a work. Oils, watercolours, drawings and sketchbooks from 1964 to 2011 record excursions in Cornwall and Dartmoor, and abroad in France, Greece and southern Spain; with work from the model, made in life studios from 1995 to 2011.

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Review

"The seeming variety of painting styles, at one point representational and then at another so abstract. Also the use of color is right on. Vivid in the more abstract landscapes and then more subtle and unexpected in the cityscapes" Jack O'Neill, Elm Hill Gallery, Houston. "The drawings and sketches appeal to me personally" Hope Daniels, editor, American Style;Stunning open moorland landscapes' Artseen Newsletter, Devon.

About the Author

Born in 1948, Bromley, Kent, England, Nicholas Philip James studied Painting with Keith Vaughan and Frank Auerbach at the Slade School of Art, University of London, and History of Art (MA) at Kingston University. His primary attraction to landscape was developed in works made on site in Sussex, Devon, Cornwall and the Lake District, progressing to city views of London and Paris. He has exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition,The Royal Society of British Artists and regularly with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (Winsor& Newton and Ranelagh Prize Winner; elected full member ROI 2006). Works have been shown at Whittington Fine Art, Henley; Courcoux & Courcoux Contemporary Art Hampshire; Wold Galleries, Gloucestershire; Bourne Galleries Reigate; The Turner Gallery Exeter, and Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh. Works are held in numerous private collections in England and America. He maintains his practice as Philip James Studio.

Edition details

• Publisher: CV Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908419415
• ISBN 13: 9781908419415
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84