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Tuesday 1 July 2014

James Christensen Paintings

By Darren Hartley


James Christensen paintings create a rich and strangely familiar world rendered with exquisite skill and detail. This creation was made possible by James' application of his eye for the fantastic to people, landscapes and creatures, both real and imagined. James' aim has always begun with a desire to connect one imagination with another.

James Christensen paintings appeal to a broad range of collectors. They serve as an invitation to let the imagination run wild, explore and make spontaneous interpretations. James was born in Culver City, California, growing up two blocks from the MGM studios. With his friends, he often played in the studio back lot on sets for movies like Tarzan and Gone with the Wind.

The universal predicaments of the fantastic characters in James Christensen paintings touched a chord in the lives of other people and bring a wry smile of recognition from them. People found themselves relating to one of James' overdressed, self important little characters in his Poofy Guy in a Short Leash painting.

James Christensen paintings convey either a message, an inspiration or a simple laugh. James has always believed that teaching people to use their imagination helps in finding solutions to soothe the myriad stresses of everyday life.

James Christensen paintings include Waiting for the Tide. In it is featured a man standing on the shore and demanding for the tide to come in. Instead of demanding, he decides to sit back, relax, smell the seaweed and enjoy life as it is. He figures it's nice being just out so he enjoys his time by sipping a cup of tea with shots of fortitude.

There are James Christensen paintings that are love stories. A prime example of this is Twilight. It is rich in symbols representative of the close of a chapter, the twilight hour of the day, the final phase of the moon, the turning leaves on an autumn tree and the checkerboard road coming to an end. One symbolism from the painting could be interpreted as love coming in many different levels but one that is everlasting has the most important power of all.




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