As a self taught, landscape artist with a focus towards realism, James paints from a multitude of photographic images from his hiking adventures. At the heart of Wine Country, here in Northern California, vineyards heighten the beauty within his local surroundings. Although, the rolling hillside vines will always be a part of what he paints, with so many artists painting vineyards, he turns more of his attention to the back roads of Northern California’s lush countryside. Old barns, livestock, rolling hills, meandering waterways and reflective high mountain lakes are abundant along the fertile terrain; the inter-mingle of it all creates great
