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The Art of JamesY
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Several sketches were made of Kerry from a modeling session at Juxtaom Gallery. She wanted to be painted with a dragon as part of her fantasy dream. The painting of "The Angel of Juxtaom" came from the same modeling session.
Sam Smith, who owned Chelsea's Pub, wanted me to paint his favorite bar maid as his bar-room angel. Unfortunately Sam died before the painting was finished. Sam and his brother played music for decades all over the world. He was a good friend and helped my son with his first Jazz band. In tribute, Sam's trumpet was added to finish the painting "The Angel of Chelsea". The painting of Sam ( shown above ) was made for his daughter Molly.
The original sketch for "I Caught a Fleeting Glimpse" was a nude study. As the painting progressed, a sheer drapery gown was added, as well as the little Gold Finch flying beside her.
There is an energy in every thing! The Animistic believe this to be the spirit or soul. As with all energy, there is a positive and a negative... and you can't have one without the other. We all have our good and bad...and even our angels and demons.
A patron found a large antique painting in an art auction. It was a semi-nude lady riding on a crescent moon with a small cherub by her side. He showed me a photograph and wanted to have a hand painted copy of the original. I do not copy other artist's original paintings. A week later I met Amber, a new model, that looked almost exactly like the face and figure in the painting. I was inspired to create this similar composition; "Magic in the Moonlight ".
The first time I saw Twin Falls was in a water color by William McNamara, a friend and great artist.
When I went there to photograph and sketch, there were a lot of other people enjoying the falls. I just wanted to paint a beautiful place in nature with out people in it. Then it started to rain and they all went away. It is a mystical place, but requires quite a hike to get there and back.
I finished the painting in my studio.
This is a Fantasy Painting of two young girls, from Texas, that are sisters. Their mother commissioned me to do their portrait as little fairies. It was a delightful modeling session at the studio by the lake. I hope to do several more paintings from that same modeling session, as they were really great models and a lot of fun to work with. Their grandmother is a wonderful friend and I want to do a special painting just for her.
My daughter, Allison, discovered this young model, Katie Crawford.
We were in Eureka at a friends store and gallery. Katie was trying on this chain mail head dress and Allison thought she would make a great model for a new painting. She was right !
We did the modeling session in the lake by the studio. It almost caused two bass boats to collide and wreck, as the fishermen wanted to get a better look at what was going on.
Allison wanted me to entitle the finished painting as "Eitak Drofwarc", Katie's name spelled backwards, so it would have a more Gaelic or Celtic sound.
There is a magical place near Eureka, called Hog Scald Hollow. Its a favorite place to go skinny dipping on a hot summer day.
I talked two friends, Lyle and Brooke, into modeling . I was working on sketches of Pan playing his pipe, while a young siren Mermaid tried to seduce him with her song. They were perfect !
Brooke is dancing and playing in the water.
Have you ever wondered where Mermaids come from?
My apprentice, Lori, found this young family that wanted to model. I showed them my original design sketches and we went to Lake Leather wood to do the modeling session in the water.
So now we have the father ( you can't actually see his fish tail ), the mother ( breast feeding her baby ) and of course the little Mer-baby was the star of the show !
Now you know where Mermaids come from !
This is a small sketch that a friend of mine, Irwin Iles, made of Bacchus...the God of Wine ! Erwin gave me the sketch from his famous cartoon series of "Weird Harold" as Bacchus with his Ripple wine, passed out, in an alley in New York City.
I was so impressed I couldn't help but to paint Erwin, as "Bacchus" himself. My daughter and a couple of her friends were going to act and model as his temptresses but they could never get their act together...so I liberated some appropriate images from a couple of Waterhouse paintings and re- worked them.
Many years ago I saw a collection of old English wood cut prints. It was the complete alphabet from "A" though "Z". They consisted of semi-nude figures entwined in vines. I can't remember the artist name or date...but I think it was somewhere in the 1700's.
Give me another hundred years and I will complete this series.
I did this painting first, because I wanted to show in the letter "X", how we all become entwined in our emotions. We can easily crucify ourselves from the things we love most. Lady X loves her rose garden and it eventually . . . well . . . you make up the rest of the story for yourself.
Its the old read headed stranger, "Willie Nelson" !
"Willie in Concert - 2005" Original Oil on Canvas 22"x 32" Price: $12,000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16"x 23 3/4" Price: $320.00 each
I really love this old legend. Willie and his music have always been an inspiration to me.
Now for something a little more...Sur-Realistic...
"Immersed in my own dreams... where nothing real or imagined... really matters...the only things I have left are memories and feelings of the past, present and future...where everything is surreal and time and space are only illusions"
In some legends and myths, when a wild bird flies up and lets you pick it up, it is a baptism of nature that connects you to the natural universe. This brings you a message that some times is instantly understood within your soul...and other times it is never revealed in your lifetime.
A jeweler and gemologist who was nicknamed "Wolf", for the timber wolves he befriended and raised, loaned me a book about Gemstones. I was looking for inspiration and images that I could incorporate with my art work. Casey, is one of my daughters friends that wanted to model for a painting, saw the book. She liked the picture of the Blue Chalcedony stone and imagined she was becoming 'one with the stone' and looking through it as if in a dream.
Inspired by M. C. Escher's famous lithograph print "Drawing Hands"...
and a glass or two of wine...Yale and Carol Peacock came up with the idea of painting each other in their own unique styles on the same canvas. Something like a tribute to Escher on acid.
This is a sketch of Lori, in 1999. She was an apprentice in my studio and was a great help. I wanted her to model for a surreal composition in my tulip garden. Something multi dimensional and showing multiple personalities to provoke complex thought through simple overlaying forms and color.
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Water Nymph
Oil
on Panel
48”x 96”
2006
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All Artwork and Text Copyright
© 2008 by James Yale
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From Dreams and Fantasies, sketches are created. They take on a life of their own as they transform into realistic illusions. The finished art unveils and draws the viewer into the mystical realm.
"Water Nymph" is a fantasy painting that was created for the Artery™ Open Air Gallery in Eureka Springs. Its theme that year was "Water". It SOLD before it was delivered to the gallery.
Limited Edition of 75 Prints Image Size: 15"x 30" Price: $300.00 each
"If you want... to find an Angel" Three Original Oil Paintings 1 large canvas: 30"x 48" 2 small canvases: 11"x 14" Price: $15,000.00
Limited Edition of 50 Matched Numbered Sets Image Sizes: One Large: 20"x 32" and Two Small: 7.3"x 9.3" Price: $500.00 per set
"The Angel of Juxtaom" Original Oil on Canvas 16"x 20" SOLD
Limited Edition of 200 Prints Image Size: 16"x 20" Price: $200.00 each
"Kerry-Leigh and her Dragon" Original Oil on Canvas 16"x 20" SOLD
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16"x 20" Price: $200.00 each
"The Angel of Chelsea" Original Oil on Canvas 30"x 48" Price: $10,000.00
Limited Edition of 50 Prints Image Size: 20"x 32" Price: $350 each
"I Caught a Fleeting Glimpse" Original Oil on Canvas 20"x 24" SOLD Limited Edition of 200 Prints Image Size: 20"x 24" Price: $275.00 each
Licensed for Book Cover Art
"The Angel Pocahontas" Original Oil on Canvas 20" diameter Price:$5000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 20" diameter Price: $200.00 each
A lot of sketches were made leading up to finding the right model. I wanted a warring angel, filled with battle scars and doubt...and a lot of anger. Then I met Scotty.
"Fallen Angel of War & Peace" Original Oil on Canvas 20"x 30" Price: $10,666.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size 22.4"x 28" Price: $375.00 each
"Magic in the Moonlight" Original Oil on Canvas 20 3/4"x 37 3/8" Price: $14,000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16 5/8"x 30" Price: $350.00 each
"Twin Falls" Original Oil on Canvas 16"x 20" SOLD
Limited Edition of 200 Prints Image Size: 16"x 20" Price: $200.00 each
"Fairie Princess Sisters" Original Oil on Canvas Image Size: 20"x 24" Commissioned Portrait
Limited Edition of 200 Prints Image size: 20"x 24" Price: $275.00 each
"Princess of the Lake" ( Eitak Drofwarc ) Original Oil on canvas 30"x 40" SOLD
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 18"x24" Price: $250.00 each
"Sneed's Creek Falls" Original Oil on Canvas 24"x 48" SOLD
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 15"x 30" Price: $285.00 each
For more landscapes see Unlimited Prints & Cards
"Who is Seducing Whom?" Original Oil on Canvas 18"x 24" SOLD
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 18"x 24" Price: $250.00 each
"Brooke in the Stream" Original Oil on Canvas 16"x 20" SOLD
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16"x 20" Price: $200.00 each
"The Mer-Family" Original Oil on Canvas 30"x 40" Price: $14,000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 22 1/2"x 30" Price: $425.00 each
"Bacchus" Original Oil on Canvas 30"x 40" Price: $10,000.00
Limited Edition of 200 Prints Image Size: 18"x 24" Price: $250.00 each
"The Rose Garden" ( Lady X ) Original Oil on Canvas 24"x 30" Price: $7,500.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 20"x 25" Price: $250.00 each
I went to the Willie Nelson and Family Concert in Eureka in March of 2005 just to enjoy the music. My friend and photographer, Richard Quick was there taking pictures. Captain Don produced the event and said I should do a painting of Willie. Don and Richard wanted me to do the one on the left. I painted two portraits. Willie autographed both paintings at his last concert there in 2007.
"Willie Nelson" 2005 Original Oil on canvas 18"x 28" $10,000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16"x 24 7/8" Price: $300.00 each
To see more examples of James Yale's portraits or to commission a painting, click on "Commissioned Portraits"
"Self Portrait with Chambered Nautilus" 2002 Original Oil on Canvas 16"x 20" Price: $5,000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16"x 20" Price: $200.00 each
"The Cardinal Baptism" Original Oil on Canvas 16"x 20" Price: $4,000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16"x 20" Price: $200.00 each
"The Lady of Blue Chalcedony" Original Oil on Canvas 24"x 36" SOLD
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16"x 24" Price: $225.00 each
"Mutual Respect" Original Oil on Canvas By: James Yale & Carol Peacock 30"x 40" Price: $10,000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 18"x 24" Price: $250.00 each
Yes ,if you were wondering... the artists split the profit of this painting !
"Susan's Lilies" Original Oil on canvas 16"x 20" Price: $4,000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16"x 20" Price: $200.00 each
"Lissa's Roses" Original Oil on Canvas 18"x 24" Commission
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 18"x 24" Price: $200.00 each
"Lori's Tulips" Original Oil on Canvas 16"x 20" Collection of the Model
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 16"x 20" Price: $200.00 each
"Albert Einstein's Mystery Solved" 30"x 40" Price: $15,000.00
Limited Edition of 100 Prints Image Size: 22 1/2"x 30" Price: $300.00 each
The Painting of Einstein is the start of the Cosmic Space Portraits. More images will be added to this section over the next few months.
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