James recalls painting and drawing as a family during his childhood. The inspiration from comic books, toys and children’s artwork carries through his use of bold, primary colours and simple one dimensional shapes. Figures lay flat on the canvas, the clean cut colours and shapes perhaps reminiscent of Matisse’s cut outs. His careful and precise painting method recalls colouring in books, with …
James recalls painting and drawing as a family during his childhood. The inspiration from comic books, toys and children’s artwork carries through his use of bold, primary colours and simple one dimensional shapes. Figures lay flat on the canvas, the clean cut colours and shapes perhaps reminiscent of Matisse’s cut outs. His careful and precise painting method recalls colouring in books, with paintings beginning from sketches that he projects onto the canvas, tracing carefully before ‘colouring between the lines’. A use of flashe paints, made of vivid pigments contributes to the childlike …
