Charles James

I am a professionally trained and working graphic designer, as well as a painter, collage and mixed media artist. My abstract work is a product of uninhibited creative thinking, linking imagination with reality. It is characterized by gritty, textural under-painting, conceptually spontaneous and unplanned mark making with bits of nervous pencil/pen scratchings, and splashes of color, form and artistic flow. The artwork invites my audience on a journey where reality and imagination are intimately joined. Paying particular attention to the balance between matter, color and form with strong composition at the center.

I create art in different styles, based on what I am feeling in the moment. Only painting or creating artwork in a specific style or medium is too constrictive to creativity so I try to "mix it up" where ever I feel the need!! "Life is too short to ONLY eat vanilla ice cream!"

- BFA Graphic Design & Advertising from Louisiana Tech University.
- Professional Graphic Designer & Art Director
- 30 plus years in the creative industry

I've been a professional Graphic Designer since 1989. BFA in design and advertising. I've been working, designing on computers for the last 30 plus years... now its time to ADD, once again, my
drawing, painting, collage and physical artwork to the mix!

None at the moment