Philip James ROI

Born in 1948, Bromley, Kent, Nicholas Philip James studied Painting with Keith Vaughan and Frank Auerbach at the Slade School of Fine Art, University of London, and History of Art (MA) at Kingston University. His primary attraction to landscape was developed in works made on site in Sussex, Devon, Cornwall and the Lake District, progressing to city views of London and Paris. 

Philip has exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Royal Society of British  Artists and regularly with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. He was elected a full member of the society in 2006 and is a Winsor&Newton and Ranelagh Prize Winner.

Works have been shown at:

Whittington Fine Art, Henley
Courcoux & Courcoux Contemporary Art Hampshire
Wold Galleries, Gloucestershire
Bourne Galleries, Reigate
The Turner Gallery Exeter,
Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh.
Beaulieu Fine Art Hampshire
Manor House Gallery, Oxfordshire

Philip has work held in private collections in England and America. He maintains his practice as Philip James Studio.
 

Some comments on the landscapes and city views:

“The seeming variety of painting styles, at one point representational and then at
another so abstract. Also the use of color is right on. Vivid in the more abstract
landscapes and then more subtle and unexpected in the cityscapes.”
Jack O’Neill, Elm Hill Gallery, Houston.

“His large townscapes express a romantic classicism recalling Richard Parkes
Bonington...the artist’s small watercolours make an innovative interpretation of the
landscape.” Exhibition at Reade’s Gallery, Aldeburgh, reviewed by Richard Inman in the
East Anglian Daily Times.

“Stunning open moorland landscapes” The Gallery Seen Newsletter Devon July ‘01

“The drawings and watercolours appeal to me personally”
Hope Daniels, Editor American Style

 

Website

www.philipjamestudio.ndo.co.uk