view additional image 1
View in a Room ArtworkView in a Room Background
Angled detail shot
Fingerprint signature
Fingerprint signature - close up detail
71 Views
4

VIEW IN MY ROOM

One way or another Painting

James Green

United Kingdom

Painting, Oil on Paper

Size: 19.7 W x 27.6 H x 0.2 D in

Ships in a Tube

info-circle
SOLD
Originally listed for $4,050
Primary imagePrimary imagePrimary imagePrimary imagePrimary image Trustpilot Score
71 Views
4

Artist Recognition

link - Featured in One to Watch

Featured in One to Watch

link - Showed at the The Other Art Fair

Showed at the The Other Art Fair

link - Artist featured in a collection

Artist featured in a collection

About The Artwork

When it comes to ‘art’ (a word I’m increasingly growing to dislike – feel free to ask why), it’s not necessarily about ‘thinking differently’ (which people are often misguided to believe). It’s more about tapping into how you as an individual personally think/feel… Tapping into the authentic version of yourself. It’s always about being you. I generally prefer to feel slightly out of my depth when painting. I personally believe ‘art’ shouldn’t be a place to play it safe. I prefer for it to feel like a fight rather than something peaceful. I dip in and out of ‘portraiture’ and find that my more abstract work inevitably informs my portrait practice and simultaneously/organically pushes it in more challenging directions. It all speaks to each other in one way or another. I guess it’s lineage. They all exist as one body. I don’t enjoy sticking to one approach/discipline and just tend to go wherever the moment wants me to. Each day has its own perspective. I like allowing the moment to decide where the day goes. My consequential ambition as a painter is to be able to make just one or two marks on a canvas (or any surface) and for it to obvious who made it. Which is probably the primary reason as to why I have a slight problem with the ‘requirement’ of signing a work (although I do still currently sign most of my work for the time being). The mark making fulfils that role wholeheartedly, in my opinion – and is the reason I decided, for the first time to-date, to sign this painting with just a fingerprint.

Details & Dimensions

Painting:Oil on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:19.7 W x 27.6 H x 0.2 D in

Shipping & Returns

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.

Green paints directly onto raw, unstretched canvas, working instinctively, without preamble or pause for thought. His earliest work was observational and figurative, with a kind of meticulous precision, but, having demonstrated this precocious skill, he felt free to cast-off formal technique and to work in a more expressive way, characterised by loose, vivid unpredictability. The first impression is of gestural vitality and rich painterly effect – bright colours merge into murky smudges; sharp definition blurs into misty formlessness. There are sweeping lines; scribbly detail; indistinct colour washes; paint drips, flows or clumps into crusty accretions. Suggestions of formal structure are quickly subverted. Amidst this abstract maelstrom there are hints of crude calligraphy, figuration and human faces – ambiguous, half-formed, partially erased. “The last decade has been about dissecting the human form in a process that is energetic, spontaneous and organic. I now find it more powerful to capture the essence of a person rather than to render an exact image. The paintings I make today are one-offs that I couldn’t replicate. They are unique to specific moments, authentic to me. I don’t look for or seek inspiration; I live my colourful life and allow that to guide the path for my practice.”

Artist Recognition

Featured in One to Watch

Featured in Saatchi Art's curated series, One To Watch

Showed at the The Other Art Fair

Handpicked to show at The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art in London, London

Artist featured in a collection

Artist featured by Saatchi Art in a collection

Thousands Of Five-Star Reviews

We deliver world-class customer service to all of our art buyers.

globe

Global Selection

Explore an unparalleled artwork selection by artists from around the world.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

Our 14-day satisfaction guarantee allows you to buy with confidence.

Support An Artist With Every Purchase

We pay our artists more on every sale than other galleries.

Need More Help?

Enjoy Complimentary Art Advisory Contact Customer Support