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
Autumn Canopy
Autumn Canopy
Painting
24 x 36, oil on board: Fall color in Yosemite Valley
Eastside Sunset
Eastside Sunset
Painting
24 x 48, oil on canvas: Sunset on Northern California's wine country vineyard
Morning on Merced
Morning on Merced
Painting
24 x 36, oil on board: Falls reflective light upon Merced River in Yosemite
YUBA NORTH
YUBA NORTH
Painting
Yuba North, 24 x 36, oil on canvas, James English Babcock copyright 2008
Awarded: Honorable Mention/Scholarship Award, 6th Annual National Arts Program, City of Santa Rosa Recreation and Parks