Fine Art Academy of the Palm Beaches
Mission Statement
Mission Statement
Mission Statement
I opened Fine Art Academy of the Palm Beaches 01/02/03 in order to teach art with a single standard like one would Math or English. In my graduate thesis paper I ask, “Does poetry have to be written in unreadable cursive, like a doctor’s signature to be expressive?” I can read Hamlet in Times New Roman “typewriter” font and I will un
I opened Fine Art Academy of the Palm Beaches 01/02/03 in order to teach art with a single standard like one would Math or English. In my graduate thesis paper I ask, “Does poetry have to be written in unreadable cursive, like a doctor’s signature to be expressive?” I can read Hamlet in Times New Roman “typewriter” font and I will understand it significantly better than if it is sloppily misspelled in horribly messy handwriting.
I have come to the conclusion that individual style is most effectively expressed through content and subject matter. Everyone’s handwriting, and therefore brushwork, is already as unique as a fingerprint. In the ancient Chinese oracle, “The Book of Changes,” the whole point is to discover the unchanging within change. The Classical standard persists. I call realistic, classical form “meeting the viewer half way." I see it as imperative that this generation help art reattain its task of being like the oral history of Africans. Does life imitate art? Only if art returns to its duty of imitating life.
The plan
Mission Statement
Mission Statement
In ancient China, they drew bamboo, not only to draw bamboo, but to study the wind. Many seek emotion and expressiveness and this is most effectively attained through taking time to learn to see and draw better. Being expressive is equally important to saying something meaningful. Individual style is revealed through content and stor
In ancient China, they drew bamboo, not only to draw bamboo, but to study the wind. Many seek emotion and expressiveness and this is most effectively attained through taking time to learn to see and draw better. Being expressive is equally important to saying something meaningful. Individual style is revealed through content and story telling, not obsessing on style alone at the cost of substance.
All art is made up of abstract passages and abstract content. Pure abstraction has taken elements out of context and art has lost meaning for many. I find there to be a more holistic vision that is being misportrayed as more difficult than it is seemingly to intimidate people out of expressing themselves. I find it is by "abstracting" or breaking art down into steps and focusing on aspects one-by-one, people can gain a greater understanding and can have greater success. By implementing the classical, realistic approach with an underdrawing/underpainting, glazes of transparent color, etc., anyone can learn how to draw better and make the highest quality fine art.
Hours and Cost
Mission Statement
Hours and Cost
Online consultations and private sessions $100.oo per half hour.
I have refused to make the studio a not-for profit to get tax breaks in order not to be beholden to a pitfall that has turned the other art schools in this area into bureaucracies run by committees. Orwell said, "Insincerity is the enemy of clarity." I prefer to be sincere
Online consultations and private sessions $100.oo per half hour.
I have refused to make the studio a not-for profit to get tax breaks in order not to be beholden to a pitfall that has turned the other art schools in this area into bureaucracies run by committees. Orwell said, "Insincerity is the enemy of clarity." I prefer to be sincere and clear, shooting for the highest quality art and the most fun, open, meaningful experience. Come to the dark side. We have cookies.
View some of the incredible student work created over the years in the photos folder on the Facebook page for the school:
https://www.facebook.com/FineArtAcademyofthePalmBeaches/photos_albums
James can also be commissioned to paint portraits and various 'scapes' from photos or 'plein air' as well as iPad drawings. To see examples of his work click on the links below.