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James Crandall, 21st Century, Painter |
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| About the Artist: James Crandall has had a long career as a concept illustrator in the advertising and motion-picture industry, but in recent years has shifted his attention to traditional easel painting. At home in northern California and on travels in the southwest, he finds subject matter in everyday life, and is always looking for an intriguing play of light, or the unstaged gestures of people at work or at play. In 2001, a reunion with relatives in Italy (his mother's side) sparked the creation of a series of paintings depicting life in his grandfather's hometown of Lucca in northern Tuscany. With several subsequent visits, and after many months of living and working in Italy, he acquired both a working knowledge of the Italian language and an abiding sympathy for this special part of the world. Upcoming: 2012 101st Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Gene Autry Museum, Los Angeles 2012 Judge, BoldBrush Art Competition 2012 Judge, Delicato Vineyards 24th Annual Fine Art Show, Manteca, California Recent Exhibitions and Awards: 2011 Bold Brush Art Competiton, August 2011, (Best of Show Award) 2011 RayMar Art Fine Art Competition, 2010-2011, (Finalist [Top 12 of the Year] Award) 2011 4-man show, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas 2011 Oil Painter's of America's Western Regional Exhibition, Calistoga, California 2011 "Where We Live" Group Exhibition, Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California 2011 Oil Painters of America’s 19th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (Portraiture Award of Excellence) 2011 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas (Jury's Top Fifty) 2011 Expressions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon 2011 3-Artist Show, Tirage Gallery, Pasadena, California 2011 Go Figure! Group Exhibition, Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California (invited artist) 2011 North Valley Art League 27th Annual National, Redding, California (Award of Excellence) 2010 Small Works Show, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (invited artist) 2010 "Chrome, Smokes and Flames," Deines Cultural Center, Russell, Kansas (invited artist) 2010 9th Annual Fall Gallery Night, Galerie Kornye West, Fort Worth, Texas(invited artist) 2010 Group Exhibit (7 artists), Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas 2010 Expressions West 2010, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon (Honorable Mention) 2010 Oil Painters of America’s 19th Annual National Juried Exhibition 2010 99th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, CAC, Pasadena Museum of California Art 2010 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas 2010 "Memories of Lucca" One-man show and presentation at Italian Cultural Society, Sacramento, California 2010 Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, Illustration West 48 exhibition (California) 2010 "Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century” Clatsop College, Astoria, Oregon 2010 North Valley Art League 26th National, Redding, CA (2 Awards of Excellence) 2009 Allied Artists of American 96th Annual Exhibition, NYC, New York 2009 79th Annual Statewide Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California 2009 “Equine Dreams” Western States Horse Expo, Sacramento, CA (Best of Show / Best Oil) 2009 3-man show, Tirage Gallery, Pasadena, California 2009 98rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, CAC, Pasadena Museum of California Art 2009 “Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden II” Pasadena Museum of History |
