Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Paintings By James Christensen

By Darren Hartley


James Christensen paintings are inspired by the world's myths, fables and tales of imagination. They add up to more than beautiful, sometimes curious looking, works of art. They look at the world as a classroom. This stems from the fact that James taught art professionally for over 20 years.

Whimsical James Christensen paintings appeal to a broad range of collectors. They serve as an invitation to let the imagination run wild, explore and make spontaneous interpretations. James was born in Culver City, California, growing up two blocks from the MGM studios. With his friends, he often played in the studio back lot on sets for movies like Tarzan and Gone with the Wind.

James Christensen paintings were reflections of James' travels. He was a faculty member of Brigham Young University's art department in Provo, Utah, from 1976 and 1997. As a faculty member, he had the opportunity of travelling with his students to Mexico, Europe and Madrid, Spain.

James Christensen paintings convey either a message, an inspiration or a simple laugh. James has always believed that teaching people to use their imagination helps in finding solutions to soothe the myriad stresses of everyday life.

James Christensen paintings include Waiting for the Tide. In it is featured a man standing on the shore and demanding for the tide to come in. Instead of demanding, he decides to sit back, relax, smell the seaweed and enjoy life as it is. He figures it's nice being just out so he enjoys his time by sipping a cup of tea with shots of fortitude.

One of the James Christensen paintings comes with a free booklet explaining all of 72 superstitions. Entitled Superstitions, it divulges that life is a precarious business, so much so that ancient forebears became keen to stack the cosmic deck. What hurt can wishing upon a falling star, bewaring of the black cat or picking up a lucky penny bring?




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