Alexis James

An Interview with Alexis James.

Who and where are you from?
I am Alexis James. My mother had me at 16 and my father was 18. My father passed away at 23 from pancreatitis as a result of excessive alcohol use.

How you got into this?
I am from Indiana. My family comes from a long line of French heritage on both sides and many suffer from alcoholism. I was not excerpt from alcohol abuse. In fact, a couple years ago it almost killed me. I had always loved art but through the early stages of sobriety it was my saving grace. I took all of my obsessive energy and put it into my painting. I began realizing how free I felt as a result. To be focused on not the world, but to be in my head alone with me in a physical trance.

What is your driving force?
My driving force is nothing more than freedom. I never go into a piece with any predetermined outcome. In fact, my paints are in a big bucket that I just reach my hands into while creating and use what the universe gives me. I don't want my work to be constrained by worldly ideas or images so I leave both out of my works. This allows them to be closer to the spirit realm that lies beyond ourselves.

What kind of work you do and why?
In my pieces I use primarily oils with the occas...

Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL
Entertainment Business Bachelors Degree
2010-2013