VIEW IN MY ROOM
Spain
Select a Material
Fine Art Paper
Select a Size
8 x 10 in ($40)
Add a Frame
White ($80)
Artist Recognition
Artist featured in a collection
Art school taught me to feign certainty in my work, to pretend that my artwork arrived to me fully formed, or as the product of conscious deliberation, with no deviations from the plan. There seemed to be no wiggle room for chance and magic. The other end of the spectrum never quite suited me either, the “I shouldn’t have to justify my work” type thinking. Where you relieve yourself of any obligation to understand your practice. Plus art is just a proxy-self, why deny yourself the pleasure of talking about yourself by proxy? So, from this fence of artistic-centrism I precariously straddle, I present to you; What I know, and what I suspect. What I know is that I feel abstraction calling me, louder and louder. I know I want create pleasing abstract shapes using the human form. What I suspect, based on circumstances in my life at the time of it’s creation, is that it’s about loss. That feeling that your sense of self doesn’t stop at your skin, but stretches out and incorporates the people in your life. Certain patterns of neurons only fire in the presence of certain people, and without them as a trigger, those parts of myself are inaccessible. I am smaller in their absence, and I can feel the gaps they once occupied. I suspect that this piece is about the way losing someone means losing a piece of yourself, and the mental gymnastics of trying to see that as human and beautiful.
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a box. Art prints are packaged and shipped by our printing partner.
Ships From:Printing facility in California.
Have additional questions?
Please visit our help section or contact us.
James Ormiston is a kiwi born artist who made the move to Barcelona in early 2022. He grew up on a farm in rural New Zealand before moving to Dunedin, NZ, in his late teens to pursue a career in the arts. He studied Fine Art for a time at the Dunedin School of art, but left when opportunities arose to found an art gallery and focus on his illustration work; The latter would ultimately earn him a spot in an Australian Art Residency Program in 2017, prompting a move to Melbourne. The residency program gave James the chance to transition away from illustration and into Fine art by enabling him to study under a variety of contemporary realist painters to hone his skills. For the past few years James has continued to concentrate on finding his voice in a fine art context while maintaining a commitment to finding joy in the creative process. Seeing creation as a practice, not a performance, has been an invaluable shift in mindset, to which he credits his recent artistic output. His practice has largely taken the form of experimental portraiture in the genre of “disrupted realism”. The current body of work “Pushing through the skin” explores themes of identity, multiplicity, and the concept of self. The work in this series seeks to distance portraiture from faithful representation by distorting the subjects into near-anonymity through abstraction, omission, and the push and pull of order and chaos. Veins of bright colours piercing through carefully rendered realism are a recurring motif within the series; a nod to the dance of contradictions that co-exist within all of us. “Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
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.
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?