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The still lifes of James Carter impel us to re-examine the familiar. His carefully orchestrated subjects are sensitive voyages into the interior of a questioning consciousness. Born in Port Chester, New York in 1948, he lived in Berlin, Germany with his family from 1962 1967. While attending the Maryland Institute of Art, he was introduced to the airbrush as a vehicle to achieve the translucent surface he was seeking. Using drafting techniques learned earlier and utilizing a stage-set environment, he bagan to incorporate both inanimate objects with land and sea wildlife as subjects in surreal compositions. |
James Carter
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In recent years, his art has become a means to explore diverse relationships between objects and surface, using the tromp l'oeil effect to achieve luminous qualities of depth and space. The recipient of dozens of awards and honors since 1978, James Carter has exhibited widely, including one-man shows in Washinton, D.C., New York City and Los Angeles, California. His works are also included in major corporate and municiple collections, including: Christian Dior, Inc., New York, NY; The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut; The City of Miami, Florida; Yale University, New Haven Connecticut and United Jersey Banks, Princeton, New Jersey. |
