James Rose

Water refreshes, heals and is what sustains all life. Everything in my consciousness changes when I enter water. Whether floating or plunging to its depths, I am returning to the essence of who I am. I am drawn to water as my subject, and I will continue to represent it in one form or another in my work. To be in water to me is to be in a blissfull embrace.

My most recent work has been painting or drawing a combination of water, land, plants and small animals. The land I paint can be mountains, islands, a ravine. All carved out by water, pushed by the oceans, scooped by glaciers. In nature there are contained little worlds and grand sweeping worlds, these are all things that inspire me to make my art.

My drawings stand on their own as finished artworks. My paintings are fed by them from the truths discovered along the way.

My process originates from observing these things, drawing them, then returning to the studio to allow my paintings to go in their own direction, only hoping to hold on to the feeling I had while experiencing them. My experience in nature is what makes my art unique.