tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79360863172679621892024-03-14T02:40:14.510-03:00The Art of Chelsea Bentley Jameschelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-2548172366560681622017-01-01T14:25:00.004-03:002017-01-01T14:25:53.523-03:00New Figurative work <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Maryn" 12 x 12 Oil on masonite </div>
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chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-28541671451665529252017-01-01T14:24:00.005-03:002017-01-01T14:26:01.741-03:00new landscapes <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Valley Forrest 24" x 36" Oil on masonite </div>
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"Ridge" 60" x 60" oil on masonite </div>
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chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-47936011075556376832017-01-01T14:22:00.002-03:002017-01-01T14:22:29.413-03:00Plein air and studies <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Alpine Landscape With Trees" 12' x 12" Oil on masonite </div>
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"Grapefruit" 12" x 12" oil on masonite </div>
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"Alpine Mountain" 12" x 12" oil on masonite </div>
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"Teasdale Landscape" 8" x 10" Oil on masonite </div>
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chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-86468303365814353102016-12-01T02:55:00.003-03:002016-12-01T02:55:37.639-03:00New Landscapes <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Stir" </div>
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"Rest" </div>
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24" x 24" </div>
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oil on masonite </div>
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"Feast" </div>
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"Lost"</div>
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"Ridge"<br />
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"Deliver"</div>
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"Pink City"</div>
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chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-20689837919647135422014-04-07T02:07:00.000-03:002014-04-07T02:07:09.002-03:00Western Illinois University <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-88609848070617505672014-03-17T23:28:00.002-03:002014-03-17T23:35:08.178-03:00The louvre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was invited to be a part of the "Salle De Notre" Salon show at The Louvre. The space was beautiful, I had chills, and was extremely honored to be part of such a historic and imortant moment. I have learned about the Salon show when attending art school and found that many famous artists were first discovered here. I'm sure it was even more amazing back then, it seems to me that it would be so. </div>
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We were living in India, so the short flight to Paris seemed like a no brainer, allthough getting the painting there was a whole other story. A bit of a nightmare that I didn't have to deal with, I'm just grateful my parents were such great sports. </div>
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chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-47464326456290804602013-02-08T11:57:00.003-03:002013-02-08T11:57:56.982-03:00art website <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Process – </div>
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I would like to talk about the process of painting. The
process needs to be exciting, compelling and engaging. During my college years and a few
years after, my painting process was very mechanical and formulaic. It was enough for me then, more than
enough, it was challenging and I loved it. But after I had it down; the monochromatic drawing, the
color matching and rendering, I became bored. Boredom can be
used as a very powerful tool when creating because it can encourage you to take
risks. I decided that
if I was going to keep painting for me and no one else, I needed to change
something. So, I placed my usual paint brushes and
medium to the side. I went to a
painting store and bought all kinds of tools usually used to putty and paint
walls. I tried acrylics,
house paints, tempera, rabbit skin glue, and many other unconventional supplies. It quickly propelled me out of my comfort
zone. At first it was frustrating,
but it soon became liberating and I loved my new freedom. I was creating for me
and no one else. What I found was that people responded best to the work that I
was creating for myself. How
ironic and joyous it was!</div>
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So, now I am going to
discuss step by step my process. First, I begin with a loose, color patched
system. I am not too concerned
with the exact color or value, this is just a rehearsal. Once I have the colors thinly laid out
(thinned with turpentine), I take a long brush and I begin to draw by mapping
out proportions. I do this by
using relationships in the landscape or still life’s , triangulation is also
used. This is where
the fun begins. I now make unintentional
marks to break up the space and make some mistakes that help me from becoming tedious.
These mistakes later became opportunities to enrich the painting. I redraw, become a little more specific
with my values and colors and then I mess it up again, and so on. Try to think of your process as
unconventional as possible. For
example, if you want to draw a bush on the horizon, or a hundred bushes, think
first… How do I want to create it? Personally, I don’t want to tediously paint
each individual bush. What if I
splat some paint on the horizon or use a string dipped in paint to create a
straight line? Or what if I flick my brush to make little dots that give the
illusion of receding space? You get the idea. Be creative.
You are an inventor.
And make it fun, especially if you plan on painting everyday in the
studio! My space is a total mess,
my clothes get paint on them, my hands are covered, but I don’t care, I’m
having fun. With my landscapes, I
am using a combination of on site studies, photos, drawings, and
imagination. I let the colors
emerge organically without starting with a set color map.</div>
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Using this process has breathed life into my paintings. Give it a shot and see where it takes
you. Working from life is always
best, but if its not possible, then use a photo but do this only if you have the knowledge beforehand of
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It is also best to have a good knowledge of the basic
foundations– color, value, drawing.
This will give you freedom to do as you please. Something else that helped me was
limiting the size of brush I was using.
The smallest brush I use is a 2” art brush, even with my small paintings. This forces me to be decisive and to
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Take risks and don’t be afraid to lose what you have. Once the painting becomes precious,
that is a very dangerous thing.
You become afraid to destroy your precious little painting and then it
becomes tedious and overworked. If
this happens to you, destroy it by making some unintentional marks and then
have the confidence to redraw and find what was lost. It will be better the second time around. I strive to paint with a tight
eye and a loose hand. Wouldn’t
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be to enjoy the process and paint to please no one but yourself. And one more thing… make
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border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">One of our current exhibits on display is<em style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Shifting Landscapes</em>, the artwork of painters Chelsea James and Ryan Reynolds. These artists examine the subtleties of their surroundings, and record the persistent changes of everyday landscapes. The pairing of their work mimics the views we see while driving from one side of town to the other- vast crop fields and rolling hills set beside quickly growing neighborhoods and shopping centers. Driving through the Valley to Los Angeles, we find ourselves lost in the quiet mountains before stumbling upon massive skyscrapers and tangled freeways.</p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Their styles are similar, simplified shapes and dusty, muted colors, but the differences are what make their work so powerful. Ryan Reynolds is able to make the viewer feel the movement (or lack of movement) of the congested freeways, the stuffy air and lack of natural environment. In contrast, Chelsea James allows to us to feel the stillness of the air in a distant open space, uninhabited.</p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://bmoaeducation.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/33_reynolds.jpg?w=244&h=300" alt="" width="244" height="300" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /> <a href="http://bmoaeducation.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/jamesabove.jpg" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img title="JamesAbove" src="http://bmoaeducation.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/jamesabove.jpg?w=300&h=300" alt="" width="300" height="300" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">While Ryan Reynolds paints on-location, setting up his easel and paints on a freeway overpass or from the side of the road, Chelsea James does not paint specific places. She takes from her memory locations she has encountered and builds them up, creating new environments – a hill from somewhere, a valley from another place, a tree or rock – from travels in Europe to the United States. Her work is a combination of memories of utopia-like locations.</p><div class="mceTemp" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div id="attachment_492" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: left; line-height: 18px; max-width: 632px !important; text-align: center; width: 307px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img class="size-medium wp-image-492" title="JamesFlush" src="http://bmoaeducation.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/jamesflush.jpg?w=297&h=300" alt="" width="297" height="300" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; width: auto; height: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 5px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-size: 12px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Chelsea James, Flush</p></div></div><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: small; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><em style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">“Painting is a study of our existence, spirit, and environment, derived from experiences in life. I choose landscapes that evoke feeling, create situations of atmospheric mystery, and bring visual interest through interaction. I’m intrigued by subtle shifts in value, color, and texture; yet seek a personal interpretation of the landscape rather than a replication. It is not about the physical location, but rather the interpretation of the landscape, perhaps knowingly familiar to the viewer. Personality is revealed through the process of painting. Abstract remnants from my process remain visible in the final product. The hand must obey the spirit.”</em> – Chelsea James</span></p><div class="mceTemp" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></div><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">In his piece, “The Maze Eleven Days” Ryan Reynolds illustrates new construction. Through Reynolds’ interpretation of each day’s work we are able to view the construction in changing light. As the days move forward so does the landscape, transforming from clear blue waters to piles of metal and concrete. The unfinished construction of both the painting and the subject-matter forces the viewer to imagine the end result on their own, and allows the space to remain in a state of construction indefinitely.</p><div id="attachment_732" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; max-width: 632px !important; text-align: center; width: 650px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img class="size-full wp-image-732" title="Reynolds_Maze11Days" src="http://bmoaeducation.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/reynolds_maze11days.jpg?w=640&h=93" alt="" width="640" height="93" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; width: auto; height: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 5px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-size: 12px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Ryan Reynolds, The Maze Eleven Days</p></div><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: small; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><em style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">“I choose to paint the places along the periphery of public spaces – a footpath, a freeway, a park, or a street corner. I make paintings that capture the process of the visual experience. This includes the immediacy of seeing but also the changes that occur throughout the days and years that we form our collective impressions. Through the process of observation and recording, I focus on the elements of time, space, and light as seen in a changing shadow, a ship unloading cargo, a moving person, or a sky set against the more permanent objects of the build and natural environment. Urban place-based painting offers a visual way to expand our understanding of historical ecology, by opening a dialogue between human culture and the environment, and conveying a deeper understanding of the human role in transforming the landscape.”</em> – Ryan Reynolds</span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Educational Supplements to this exhibit are downloadable on our <a title="Teaching Resources" href="http://bmoaeducation.wordpress.com/teacher-resources/" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Teaching Resources</a>Page. For more information, contact <a href="mailto:lsherwyn@bmoa.org" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">lsherwyn@bmoa.org</a>.</p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">This exhibit will remain on display through March 4, 2012.</p><div>
</div></div></span>chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-69093183435493372092012-01-22T04:22:00.004-03:002012-01-22T04:28:24.596-03:00New American Paintings interview<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0kUV0u94ioE/Txu50bHv5ZI/AAAAAAAAMFs/wYL6JZMZNbY/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2012-01-22%2Bat%2B12.24.53%2BAM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 194px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0kUV0u94ioE/Txu50bHv5ZI/AAAAAAAAMFs/wYL6JZMZNbY/s400/Screen%2Bshot%2B2012-01-22%2Bat%2B12.24.53%2BAM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700354063652087186" /></a>
THE PERSONAL AND PERSONIFIED: PAINTING WITH CHELSEA JAMES by New American Paintings
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Painter Chelsea James (NAP #96) captures everyday scenes that are soft and enduring. Personal nooks, quiet contemplative spaces and belongings, and everyday interiors are captured in a warm and nostalgic light.
Something about her work makes me want to live in these homes and spaces she both creates and reflects upon. – More by Los Angeles Contributor, Ellen Caldwell, after the jump!
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Ellen Caldwell:<i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Please tell me a little bit about your pieces featured in the recent NAP #96 issue. </span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></i></span><i>
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<b>Chelsea James</b>: “Bookshelf” and “Sylvia” are scenes taken from an art professors’ personal studio bookshelf. Objects were collected from the desert for their peculiar beauty, some sentimental articles and others purely for utilitarian storage. I find it fascinating what they chose to display. The sink is from the Guthrie Building in SLC, which is an artist studio space. Artists’ spaces are alive with interesting marks and traces from occupancy and resonate with the energy of creating. I thrive off of that.</div><div>
<b>EC:</b> <i>Yes, I love this idea of stored momentum and traces of a past owner or spirit. It’s something that Erin Payne’s works (NAP#93) really reference too. The intimate and soft domestic scenes you create are fabulous. What first led you to this subject and style?</i>
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<b>CJ</b>: About four years ago, I was primarily a still life painter and interiors seemed like the next natural step. It began when my husband and I were renting an apartment in Prague and I didn’t have all of my equipment to properly paint still lives, so I began to paint the interior of the apartment and I really enjoyed it. From there, I explored numerous types of spaces and naturally, my style began to evolve to a looser, more obscure approach.</div><div>
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<b>EC</b>: <i>Your color palette is really subtle, but compelling. Does it shift depending on the subject and series, or do you usually tend to stay with the cooler colors? </i></div><div><i>
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<b>CJ</b>: When I begin a painting, I try to not to start with a particular color palette, instead allowing the colors to evolve organically on their own, especially with my landscapes. I choose colors that I naturally gravitate to, it is purely instinctual. But for a series, I will strive to maintain some kind of unity and cohesion with the color palette.</div><div>
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<b>EC: </b><i>Your subjects vary in one way, with your interiors and exteriors, yet your style and approach makes them feel familiar and similar…</i></div><div><i>
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<b>CJ:</b> I like the idea of exploring the imprint of life and occupancy in interior spaces. For example, shelves where people display their keepsakes, or the farewell of a dinner and the traces left behind. Working with conceptual landscapes and perceptual interiors is how I like to work, so I will continue to work on the two subjects simultaneously and hopefully come to a more loose and abstract resolve with my landscapes.</div><div>
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<b>EC:</b> <i>You’ve lived abroad and traveled a lot. How has art you’ve seen impacted your work? </i></div><div><i>
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<b>CJ:</b> A couple of years ago, my husband and I visited the Paris Museum of Modern Art along with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. I was heavily inspired by Van Gogh’s landscape drawings; the simplicity yet and subtleties in his tonalities, and I was moved by Nicolas de Staël’s work at the Paris museum. He uses very bold areas of color to describe space in a minimalist way. After viewing these shows, I decided to change my direction as an artist: to take more risks and to stay true to myself.</div><div>
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Chelsea James is represented by the Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco, CA.
Ellen C. Caldwell is an LA-based art historian, editor, and writer.</div>chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-78315619688442482142012-01-07T00:59:00.005-03:002012-01-07T01:06:54.712-03:00Bakersfield Museum of Art - Shifting Lanscapes<div><b>Shifting Landscapes</b></div><div>Dec 8 - March 8 </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--k280NM28WA/TwfCpzwc6DI/AAAAAAAALuM/n-pGpnl3W04/s1600/_MG_2957.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--k280NM28WA/TwfCpzwc6DI/AAAAAAAALuM/n-pGpnl3W04/s640/_MG_2957.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694734277357135922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a>
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</div>chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-2598984429937392142011-11-11T21:16:00.007-03:002011-11-11T21:59:37.304-03:00BMOA paintings Dec.8-March 8<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HAte-jEm0IM/Tr3CjCm3eVI/AAAAAAAALQI/CgPWF2Xa93o/s1600/above%2B60%2Bx%2B60.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HAte-jEm0IM/Tr3CjCm3eVI/AAAAAAAALQI/CgPWF2Xa93o/s640/above%2B60%2Bx%2B60.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673905012807792978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Above</div><div style="text-align: center;">60" x 60"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas </div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uUYVvDwrDW4/Tr3CV6RP7VI/AAAAAAAALP8/-RPcckJBzG0/s1600/wash%2B36%2Bx%2B36.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uUYVvDwrDW4/Tr3CV6RP7VI/AAAAAAAALP8/-RPcckJBzG0/s640/wash%2B36%2Bx%2B36.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673904787231337810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Wash</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">36" x 36"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZakXDLOh3_Y/Tr3CVqo2tAI/AAAAAAAALPw/TVimS4Dd4jY/s1600/still%2B60%2B%2Bx%2B60.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZakXDLOh3_Y/Tr3CVqo2tAI/AAAAAAAALPw/TVimS4Dd4jY/s640/still%2B60%2B%2Bx%2B60.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673904783035380738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Still</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">60" x 60</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas</div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpc0NDfT-gs/Tr27yu9r8CI/AAAAAAAALPg/jJenDfn2_Zs/s1600/season%2B60%2Bx%2B72.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpc0NDfT-gs/Tr27yu9r8CI/AAAAAAAALPg/jJenDfn2_Zs/s640/season%2B60%2Bx%2B72.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673897585831309346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Season</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">60" x 72"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0dEcBog9XfU/Tr27yUc6i0I/AAAAAAAALPU/8Zuc0yp5Eak/s1600/rise%2B12%2Bx%2B12%2B.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0dEcBog9XfU/Tr27yUc6i0I/AAAAAAAALPU/8Zuc0yp5Eak/s640/rise%2B12%2Bx%2B12%2B.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673897578714532674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Rise</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">12" x 12"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vtV_PmqwQA/Tr27x03_s1I/AAAAAAAALPI/-Ut9-w_g3ao/s1600/paragon%2B48%2Bx%2B48.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vtV_PmqwQA/Tr27x03_s1I/AAAAAAAALPI/-Ut9-w_g3ao/s640/paragon%2B48%2Bx%2B48.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673897570238182226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Paragon</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">48" x 48"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QRcalEHwIYg/Tr27xiYkp_I/AAAAAAAALO8/xE284b29hlw/s1600/found%2B12%2Bx%2B12%2B.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QRcalEHwIYg/Tr27xiYkp_I/AAAAAAAALO8/xE284b29hlw/s640/found%2B12%2Bx%2B12%2B.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673897565274548210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Found</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">12" x 12"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on panel</div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIFh1xEmIHU/Tr27xLf1j8I/AAAAAAAALOw/97AaIbqbRRc/s1600/flush%2B12%2Bx%2B12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIFh1xEmIHU/Tr27xLf1j8I/AAAAAAAALOw/97AaIbqbRRc/s640/flush%2B12%2Bx%2B12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673897559131000770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Flush</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">12" x 12"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on panel</div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lnCeqDPEs78/Tr27VSZcMHI/AAAAAAAALOk/uYSfqcYqjps/s1600/flurry%2B12%2Bx%2B12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lnCeqDPEs78/Tr27VSZcMHI/AAAAAAAALOk/uYSfqcYqjps/s640/flurry%2B12%2Bx%2B12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673897079946883186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Flurry</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">12" x 12"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on panel</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nz1CWtmu6VQ/Tr27VAe8JMI/AAAAAAAALOQ/mZJ8JSsI6Vs/s1600/expanse%2B48%2Bx%2B60.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nz1CWtmu6VQ/Tr27VAe8JMI/AAAAAAAALOQ/mZJ8JSsI6Vs/s640/expanse%2B48%2Bx%2B60.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673897075138110658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Expanse</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">48" x 60"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1dWVlewZgZo/Tr27UlGJHKI/AAAAAAAALOI/ByBP_FogiVY/s1600/basin%2B60%2Bx%2B72.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1dWVlewZgZo/Tr27UlGJHKI/AAAAAAAALOI/ByBP_FogiVY/s640/basin%2B60%2Bx%2B72.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673897067786345634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Basin</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">60" x 72"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas</div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U5EqVpHUw0/Tr27UbeQxdI/AAAAAAAALN8/CrWM_W7bvZ8/s1600/balance%2B60%2Bx%2B72.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U5EqVpHUw0/Tr27UbeQxdI/AAAAAAAALN8/CrWM_W7bvZ8/s640/balance%2B60%2Bx%2B72.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673897065203156434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Balance </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">60" x 72"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas</div><div style="text-align: center;">
</div></div>chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-58611300589509361732011-10-22T01:43:00.002-03:002011-11-07T15:04:12.573-03:00New American Paintings<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eJkTcAFogio/TqJKuQmyWZI/AAAAAAAAK5Y/PFar02DrZ6E/s1600/_MG_2601.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eJkTcAFogio/TqJKuQmyWZI/AAAAAAAAK5Y/PFar02DrZ6E/s640/_MG_2601.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666173439777593746" /></a>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vbs9a_WzqiA/TqJKYWtWGxI/AAAAAAAAK4I/frf8149WPfE/s1600/_MG_2600.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vbs9a_WzqiA/TqJKYWtWGxI/AAAAAAAAK4I/frf8149WPfE/s640/_MG_2600.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666173063458593554" /></a>chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-36240735143802759742011-10-19T16:14:00.005-03:002011-10-19T16:23:59.436-03:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-83n1gYsaFQk/Tp8injXdg2I/AAAAAAAAK2k/4mRdrXTVCFY/s1600/dt-header-768x148-trans.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 77px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-83n1gYsaFQk/Tp8injXdg2I/AAAAAAAAK2k/4mRdrXTVCFY/s400/dt-header-768x148-trans.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665284919159260002" /></a>
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outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:0.9375em;color:transparent;"></p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size:0.9375em;color:transparent;"><span class="shortcode-typography" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family:Nobile;font-size:47px;">I</span> came across Chelsea James like most good things, by chance in the San Francisco Gallery ……</p><p size="0.9375em" color="transparent" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Her large-scale paintings of mundane objects bring you in with every layer of paint. Ms. James captures a bookcase as if it is breathing. The colors vibrate off one another then slowly pool into a faded color field, only to remember you are looking at a common bookcase. There is nothing common about it.</p><p size="0.9375em" color="transparent" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">In her landscapes the ground raises up to meet the sky and disapears. The strokes across the canvas rush to catch a fleeting moment. The “fleeting” notion, seems to echo within her use of a quote from Hippocates, “Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgement difficult.”</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Ms. James continues: I paint for me, for that feeling of challenge, resolve, and completion. Oil paint is very complex, I feel as though I am at the beginning of understanding the intricacies of the medium. The possibilities are endless and I find that exciting. Being an artist enriches the way I see the world. When I paint something simple, I find that it’s infinitely complex. For example, when I am painting the landscape, I find that I notice little details that normally I would overlook, maybe the subtle value shift of colors in the clouds, or the edges and textures of the earth. My senses become more acute.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><em style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">
</em>DT: Where do you get your inspiration?</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CJ: I derive my inspiration from so many different sources. Art, travel, the landscape, architecture, Museums, photography, are just a few.
Last year, Adam, Lulu and I drove from Amsterdam to France. I took thousands of pictures of the lush diversified landscape. This inspired me to try and paint the way that I saw the landscape, the way it made me feel. There is something very calming, infinite and alive about the trees, wind, and the landscape in general. But, I tend to gather inspiration wherever I am, and for that reason, I try to keep my eyes open.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">DT: What is your process?</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CJ: I sometimes begin with a loose drawing, generalizing areas with patches of color. It’s very rough; the objects are abstracted into shapes, mainly focusing on compositional elements and color relations. I then create unintentional marks to deliberately make mistakes, so that I can react, creating history and resolution in the process.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Mistakes can create beautiful moments that feel spontaneous, and free, rather than contrived. I try not to let my painting become precious. That is a dangerous thing, because then I am afraid to destroy it, to move forward. If the painting becomes dear, how can you progress without becoming tedious? It almost kills me sometimes, but when this happens, that is when I have to destroy it by making unintentional marks to free up the form. And then I go back to my painting and bring it back.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">As she talks freely talks about her work she remembers a professor from college putting turpentine on a figure painting she was laboring over, while stating the importance to step back and to not commit too early in the process of a piece…</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CJ: I was devastated at the time, but now that I look back, I realize that was a valuable lesson for me. It taught me to let go and have the confidence to find the form again. And usually, it is better the second time around.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">
</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;"></span></p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">DT: What draws you to your subject matter?</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CJ: My landscapes and interiors seem to contrast one another, which keeps me interested. The landscapes are comprised from drawings, pictures, studies and memories, while the interiors are mostly perceptual, with only a little memory.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Rarely does a painting emerge quickly without the need to continually paint over it. It is not uncommon for me to be 80% completed with a painting and if it’s not working or I become bored, I either mess it up by throwing paint at it, or I completely paint over the surface and start over. Many of my finished works have at least a couple of paintings underneath.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><em style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">I think it is important to find yourself involved in the process and not the product. The process should be alive, in motion, vulnerable. “Painting demands a certain mystery in which not everything is defined” – Degas</em></p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">DT: What, if any compromises have you had to make?</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CJ: It is a commitment, a time consuming investment, so you have to be very passionate. I have had to make many compromises with priorities, such as not getting a ski pass, or not going to that dinner party. I was working towards a show at Dolby Chadwick when I was pregnant and after the baby came. I had to make some very difficult compromises, like hiring help, and sleeping less.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">DT: Who is your creative sounding board when you are stuck or in a loathing stage of a piece?</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CJ: My husband. He is my most consistent and honest critique. When I feel stumped, or discouraged, he is the one that helps me believe in myself and he is not afraid to tell me the truth. Even though he is not a painter, he is very artistic and knowledgeable about art, and most importantly, I value his opinion.</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">DT: What is required of a Painter to float rather than sink in the industry?</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.9375em; vertical-align: top; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CJ: To work hard, don’t give up and to not listen to outside negative criticism.</p></span><p></p></div>chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-62273640899884659342011-06-03T01:48:00.002-03:002011-06-03T01:54:55.153-03:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dWVgbECaaJc/Tehn3pMgEpI/AAAAAAAAJzA/D8lXhJ_TPBg/s1600/bookshelf%2B2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dWVgbECaaJc/Tehn3pMgEpI/AAAAAAAAJzA/D8lXhJ_TPBg/s400/bookshelf%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613851141166076562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Bookshelf 2"</div><div style="text-align: center;">36" x 36"</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Oil on panel</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gef9JJN8hM8/Tehn3CCf2NI/AAAAAAAAJy4/9ix3RAAC_OI/s1600/cupboard.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gef9JJN8hM8/Tehn3CCf2NI/AAAAAAAAJy4/9ix3RAAC_OI/s400/cupboard.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613851130655135954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Cupboard"</div><div style="text-align: center;">24" x 24"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oil on Panel </div></div>chelsea b jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949028157841289133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936086317267962189.post-86530487547023454162011-04-25T02:28:00.004-03:002011-04-25T02:50:24.693-03:00De Saisset show<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BRMz7F-wj8k/TbUHH6FNt9I/AAAAAAAAJhU/lObKr5XAODM/s1600/2853_085.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BRMz7F-wj8k/TbUHH6FNt9I/AAAAAAAAJhU/lObKr5XAODM/s400/2853_085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599389544136685522" /></a>
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">LandsCApes: Glimpses of Everyday California</span><div><span></span><b>
</b>October 2 - December 5, 2010 and
January 15 - January 28, 2011
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oil on masonite</div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZkStP_uiLo/TSj-IBSyI_I/AAAAAAAAIqQ/yOOCZYcKN_E/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559973153728504818" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZkStP_uiLo/TSj-IBSyI_I/AAAAAAAAIqQ/yOOCZYcKN_E/s400/4.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 394px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZkStP_uiLo/TSj-HLBnGjI/AAAAAAAAIqA/SHavQJMr9dg/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559973139160963634" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZkStP_uiLo/TSj-HLBnGjI/AAAAAAAAIqA/SHavQJMr9dg/s400/2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 396px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZkStP_uiLo/TSj-Gnvlg8I/AAAAAAAAIp4/0B-B2HkfrO0/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559973129690121154" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZkStP_uiLo/TSj-Gnvlg8I/AAAAAAAAIp4/0B-B2HkfrO0/s400/1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 392px;" /></a></div>
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