Multi-Discipline Artist
Member of Flag since
2021
Jim’s Bio/Artist Statement:
| Jim creates art that expresses his thoughts, emotions and dreams to evoke an emotional bond with the viewer.
He captures images of everyday life. He creates a visual comfort zone by using recognizable images, but then juxtapose them by adding and subtracting shapes and colour to stir the viewer’s visual and visceral responses. In portraiture Jim captures his emotional response to the sitter’s presence. The totality of the image seen from afar dissipates as you get closer to the painting. The view is obscured with accidental marks, unpainted areas and imperfections that represent a moment in the person’s life journey, their decay or re-generation |
| For many of his figurative paintings Jim uses images found in newspapers, magazines and his personal collection of photographs. He explores the real life human story that these images depict once they are detached from the glamour and context of their original place. Working with the images instead of models Jim distance himself from the persons and use the emotions that are triggered by the images to inspire and compose the story.
Paintings of landscapes and waterscapes are driven by intuition, memories and feelings from Jim’s travels. Starting with a blank surface, the composition comes to life as he apply and remove paint. Forms appear and dissolve, dead ends are encountered and backtracked, and after all the chaos he arrive at a destination that is familiar and tranquil. Jim’s installation art is an attempt to break away from the constraints of the 2D space. Generally the idea for the installation comes to him at fleeting moments. He then execute the piece using found objects or by creating objects from scratch to depict the idea. Jim lives in Seminole, Florida, USA. He was born in Crete, Greece and grew up in London, England where he exhibited in various venues across London. Jim’s art can be found in private and public collections in England, Ireland, Norway, Greece, Canada and the USA. He does commissioned portraiture. |
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Sept – Jan “Just Imagine” Aging Well Center, Clearwater, FL, USA
2018 Sept – Jan “Water & Earth” Clearwater Municipal Services Bldg., FL, USA
2013 Oct – Jan “Ithaca” FCA, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2021 Annual Exhibition Creative Pinellas
2021 More Than A Woman Burka Lounge Gallery,
2020 Nov “Annual Exhibition” Creative Pinellas, FL, USA
2020 Oct “Beyond Walls” Bilmar Beach Resort, FL, USA
2019 Oct “Eminence” Soft Water Studio, FL, USA
2019 Sept “Emerging Artist Exhibition” Creative Pinellas, FL,
2018 Dec “PAVA Annual” Creative Pinellas Gallery, FL,
2018 May – Dec “Florida” Spectrum Communications, FL,
2018 April – cont. “Untitled” Creative Pinellas, FL, USA
2015 April “Chrysalis Show” Breast Cancer Support, London, UK
2014 May “Ithaca” SOFAP, London, UK
2013 June “Four Artists Passion for Painting” OSO
Arts Centre, London, UK
2012 August “Jubilee Exhibition” Chelsea & Westm. Hospital, London, UK
2011 Oct “Color of Life” Stables Gallery, Twickenham, UK
2011 Sept “Summer 2011” Slade School of Fine Art,
London, UK
2011 June “mailto:” Drift Station Gallery, NE, USA
2010 October “Autumn Exhibition”Twickenham Art Circle, London, UK
2010 May “BAR Show” The Gallery, Willesden Green, UK
2009 March “C-R-A-C-K” Hackney Empire Theatre, Hackney, UK
Awards:
2019 1st Place South Pasadena Art Spring Portrait of Jerry, FL, USA
2018 2nd Place PAVA Annual Portrait of Jerry, FL, USA
2018 1st Place TI-AG Exhibition Portrait of Patricia, FL, USA
2017 Best in Show TI-AG Annual
Commissioned Portrait of Police Chief Armand Bourdreau, USA
2015 Best in Show Twickenham Art Circle Summer Mornings, Sky Gallery, UK
2014 1st Place Twickenham Art Circle Ithaca, Sky Gallery. Chosen as the advertising image for the 2015 Spring Exhibition, UK
Private Collections:
My art can be found in private and public collections in England, Ireland, Norway, Greece, Canada and the USA.