Affirmation: Focusing on representational elements, I produce art with specific impressions of time and place. I ultimately hope to provide images that invoke memories of the iconic or symbolic in the viewer. The term I use for my work is Neustalgia, a play on a word that best describes my interpretative pieces about the past, present or near future.
Biography: James was born in Somerville, Massachusetts. After graduating from Emerson College with a degree in Mass Communications/Fine Art, he moved to New York City and pursued a successful career in Website Development - while creating artwork and photography on his own time. But after witnessing the World Trade Center attack on 9/11, he left the corporate world, earned an MSED and became a Special Education teacher in Brooklyn, NY.
After his retirement, James moved to the Southern Berkshires with his wife, photographer Barbara Woike. Once he was sequestered there, he resumed making art full-time.
His home and studio are both located in Stockbridge, MA.
Education:MSE Special Education City College of New York // BS Mass Communications/Fine Art Emerson College Boston MA
Studied At: Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA // Massachusetts College of Art Boston MA // Boston University Design Program Boston MA
