James Andrews

feel that divinity lives in each of us and in every great and small bit of nature surrounding us. I study painting and sculpture in the style of the great masters so that I can depict and communicate the beauty of that divinity with the greatest accuracy possible. Ibelieve that creating art is the best and easiest way to bring ustogether and connect a sadly disconnected world again. My artworksare attempts to foster those connections. 

I use my work to tell stories--whether it is though narratives, allegory, or simply through faithful depiction of a person's face... their story written in its lines and expression. Whether the scene involves a fleeting moment or an unchanging archetype, whether it is about birth or destruction, joy or despair--I try to show the divine beauty of it--that thing with which we can all connect.

I work in a variety of media, including graphite, color pencil, oil paint, and clay. I find that each work presents certain challenges that are best met by using one medium or another—though, in the past, it has not been uncommon for me to combine media for any given piece. In my career I have been most inspired by the art of Bernini, Church, Mucha, Bouguereau, Wyeth, Alma-Tadema and Magritte as well as more contemporary artists and illustrators like Alex Grey, Jeremy Lipking , Sabin Howard, and Anthony Waichulis. I am just as likely to find inspiration for my works in religious scripture as I am in the pages of the latest issue of a science magazine and I believe that the best ideas, the ones that really display the questions inside of me, come from both.