James Walker Studios

Category: washington dc artists

….details….

details….here’s a sneak preview detail shot of a new painting I’m working on for a really big show coming up this month….right now this piece is at the point where it will either turn insanely awful or become amazingly good….it’s always fine line ….

….cook out….

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….yesterday we had a  cookout….it was yummy….

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….spirit was stoked….

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….among other things, we grilled up some portobellos and peppers….

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….yummy….

….sketchy….

rampblog….one of my favorite sketches I’ve made in years….rarely do I make drawings from memory, usually I have reference photos….this is a sketch of the first halfpipe I ever built (sometime around 1988)….

….breakin’ part II….

breakin1….here’s another sketch….

oil and spray paint on paper

22″x30″

….breakin’….

breakin2….here’s the first in a series of sketches based on some break dancing photos I’ve taken recently….

oil and spray paint on paper

22″x30″

….Show Time….

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….I spent the first part of this week helping Francisco install my work for the show this weekend….(he actually did most of the work)….and Bernadette stopped by to snap these sneak preview images….the exhibition space is really unique and super-cool….come out on Saturday and see everything in person!!!!….

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….work in progress preview….

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“The Best Way Out Is Always Through”

oil and mixed media assemblage on wood

24″x24″

2“Entertaining Great Hopes”

oil and mixed media assemblage on wood

24″x36″

….today in the post….

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….when I went out to get the post today I found the greatest package ever waiting for me….it was sent by one of my best students of all time and one of the most talented up-and-coming artists of the 21st century, Kyle Zimmerman….here is a photo of a woodcut that Kyle created based on a photo of Scully when she was a baby….Kyle will have a piece in the show next weekend, come and check it out, you won’t be disappointed….

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….status report….

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….crazy border collies = status quo….

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….studio in complete shambles because I’m working until the very last minute in preparation for the  show on the 29th = status quo….

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….new work preview….

tree“Miles and Time”

mixed media on paper

16″x20″

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