About the Artist
Jim is a self-taught artist who has been a student of the outdoors since an early age. He walks outside each day and takes in the natural world to see what he can see. Geographically his art compass has taken him on varying destinations to study wildlife and experience the diverse landscapes in person. Some of these places have included California, Washington, Colorado, New Mexico and ranging up into Canada. The subjects tend to vary as he navigates through his art life experiences. It is so important to the artist to not only study reference for the subjects he paints, but most importantly to experience these subjects first-hand. He strives to learn more each day as a continuing student in nature’s classroom in the great outdoors. He intends to create impactful works that express the way he feels about wildlife and nature when he had seen them in person. Jim wants to bring back the emotions, sharing his love of the wild western things he felt as a kid. His hope is that his work inspires others to get outside as often as possible and admire all of God’s amazing creations.
He longs for others to let nature tug at their heart strings and feel a connection to the great outdoors. It is his desire to share his artwork with anyone who wants to experience the subjects through his eyes. Art is very spiritual to Jim. He firmly believes that as God had created all things natural and beautiful on this earth, he realizes and appreciates that his ability to create artwork is a gift from God. He feels in order to give all of his natural subjects the due respect they deserve that he should strive to get better every day. He believes art is like a muscle, it must be worked and exercised everyday in order for it to grow and get stronger.
He is involved with various wildlife conservation organizations contributing his time and artwork for fundraising efforts to promote protecting America’s wildlife and natural lands. He won his first art contest as a 3rd grader for rodeo art in Houston, his birthplace. He still lives in Texas with his wife Wendy, their two pups, and too many cows.
His work has been displayed in local galleries in Texas, including The Houston Museum of Natural Science. He has been published online in galleries such as Marlin Magazine in 2019 where he was one of seven selected out of over two hundred artists to participate in the annual online gallery.
Jim is an associate member of American Plains Artists, Oil Painters of America, and National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society.
Shows:
2022 New Frontiers Art Show – Old West Museum
2022 Mountain View Americana Art Show
2021 Bosque Art Classic
2019 American Plains Artists Show
Galleries:
Madeley CAL Gallery, Conroe, Texas - 2016 to present
Pearce Collections Museum, Corsicana, Texas – 2019 exhibition
Jim is a self-taught artist who has been a student of the outdoors since an early age. He walks outside each day and takes in the natural world to see what he can see. Geographically his art compass has taken him on varying destinations to study wildlife and experience the diverse landscapes in person. Some of these places have included California, Washington, Colorado, New Mexico and ranging up into Canada. The subjects tend to vary as he navigates through his art life experiences. It is so important to the artist to not only study reference for the subjects he paints, but most importantly to experience these subjects first-hand. He strives to learn more each day as a continuing student in nature’s classroom in the great outdoors. He intends to create impactful works that express the way he feels about wildlife and nature when he had seen them in person. Jim wants to bring back the emotions, sharing his love of the wild western things he felt as a kid. His hope is that his work inspires others to get outside as often as possible and admire all of God’s amazing creations.
He longs for others to let nature tug at their heart strings and feel a connection to the great outdoors. It is his desire to share his artwork with anyone who wants to experience the subjects through his eyes. Art is very spiritual to Jim. He firmly believes that as God had created all things natural and beautiful on this earth, he realizes and appreciates that his ability to create artwork is a gift from God. He feels in order to give all of his natural subjects the due respect they deserve that he should strive to get better every day. He believes art is like a muscle, it must be worked and exercised everyday in order for it to grow and get stronger.
He is involved with various wildlife conservation organizations contributing his time and artwork for fundraising efforts to promote protecting America’s wildlife and natural lands. He won his first art contest as a 3rd grader for rodeo art in Houston, his birthplace. He still lives in Texas with his wife Wendy, their two pups, and too many cows.
His work has been displayed in local galleries in Texas, including The Houston Museum of Natural Science. He has been published online in galleries such as Marlin Magazine in 2019 where he was one of seven selected out of over two hundred artists to participate in the annual online gallery.
Jim is an associate member of American Plains Artists, Oil Painters of America, and National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society.
Shows:
2022 New Frontiers Art Show – Old West Museum
2022 Mountain View Americana Art Show
2021 Bosque Art Classic
2019 American Plains Artists Show
Galleries:
Madeley CAL Gallery, Conroe, Texas - 2016 to present
Pearce Collections Museum, Corsicana, Texas – 2019 exhibition