During November 2023 James and his friend and painting dealer, William Mitchell, travelled to Yosemite Park in California, USA. There they met Armin Fisher, a mountain guide who has accompanied James on several mountain painting trips. They spent a week in the Yosemite Valley, James painting and making studies as they explored the landscape.
James was attracted to Yosemite Park as it was one of the first national parks in the world set up to protect the natural landscape.
The exhibition will be curated by John Mitchell Fine Paintings.
James and the presenter and artist Adebanji Alade go on a painting adventure into the snowy Lake District landscape. This was shown on the The One Show, BBC1, Wednesday 13th March. Produced by Chalk Production for the BBC.
An exhibition of paintings based on James's painting expedition to the summit of Mont Blanc in 2022.
View and read about the Mont Blanc exhibition and project
The project and the paintings are recorded in a 140 page colour illustrated book which is available to purchase from John Mitchell Fine Paintings.
Based on James's recent exhibition 'The summit paintings : Mont Blanc,' the article, by Joanna Moorehead, focuses on the aspects of climate change that the expedition encountered.
James talks briefly about his life as a landscape/mountain painter. Accompanied by film footage from his 2022 expedition to paint on the summit of Mont Blanc.
'Partnership', a play by Elizabeth Baker, was performed at the Mint Theatre, New York, during November/December 2023. The play is set in the South Downs, UK, and tackles the issues of work-life balance. The stage design, by Alexander Woodward, featured one of James's South Downs paintings, framed to fill the entire stage such that the play is set within the painting.
See James's South Downs paintings.
'The English country house as seen in the art of Turner, Constable and their modern-day successors' by Michael Prodger. James features as one of two living artists chosen to represent the genre today and his painting of Chettle House is illustrated in the article.
View James's country house paintings
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