James Knowles

"Lasting impressions that will touch the soul, and move your emotions"

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My primary goal as an artist is to use my skills and experience to create works of art, in my case this is mostly large oil paintings on canvas. Over the years I have come to realize that I can create lasting impression that touch peoples souls, and move their emotions, this is a wonderful and deeply personal experience, and one that is hard to explain. That people enjoy my work is thrilling, that some are motivated to buy a painting or print is truly wonderful.

"All human beings create, some of us however are mad enough to spend all our time being creative". I have always been fascinated with the world around me and motivated to create things, my creative direction has changed and evolved, and is still evolving.

I attended Art College in South East England in the late 70's after excelling at art in my early school years. I knew I wanted to use my creative gifts somehow in life, but lacked experience back then. Since those early beginnings I have broadened my horizon, traveling the globe, living, painting, exhibiting, and selling my paintings in Canada, America, Mexico, Spain, and the UK. My subjects have also broadened, and one ...

Medway College of Art, Rochester, Kent, England (1977 - 81)