ARTIST STATEMENT

 James is an Abstract Expressionist who is heavily influenced by Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.  He too believes in the importance of the subconscious to inspire his art.   From this inner world emerges the creative part which helps guide his thoughts and movements.  This intermingling of the inner world with conscious action can be seen powerfully in James’ paintings.

His current series focuses on the tension of the flowing together of the subconscious and conscious realms.  James’ use of vivid colours and the interplaying of the concentrated fluid paint into a myriad of colour variances and nuances aims to reflect the state of our complicated modern society.  At the same time the underpinning of the coloured forms beneath the web of marks gives a tension to the work with the often subtle breaking through of the background into the foreground tantalising the viewer into contemplating the ebb and flows of life within oneself.

James feels that he is at the beginning of his journey into expressing his feelings on the human psyche dealing with the complexity of our collective worlds.

0411 570 400

jathe2@gmail.com

CURRENT WORKS

 

‘Primal’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas  121 x 91cm

 

‘Rainforest’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas  121 x 91cm

 

‘Turmoil’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas  100 x 75cm

‘Stress’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas   75 x 100cm

 

 ’Tidal Flow’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas  75 x 100cm

 ’Doubleback’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas  75 x 100cm

  

 ’Bipolar’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas  100 x 75cm

‘Tangental Flow’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas  91 x 121cm

 

 ’Amorphous I’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas  75 x 100cm

‘Amorphous II’  2009  Acrylic on Canvas  75 x 100cm