Framed Glazed and mounted, very nice lot in good condition. Mixed media on paper, image 62cm x 49cm, frame 81cm x 77cm. Portrait study of a horses head. Gallery labels verso, excellent condition.
James Bartholomew is a man of many passions and it is the things he loves that he chooses to immortalise on canvas - the Langdales at dawn, a crumbling Venetian façade, the gentle face of a Jersey Cow, the roiling waves of Skye - creating art that is by turns uplifting and inspirational. This wonderful affinity with his chosen subjects has won him considerable acclaim in recent years. A member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Manchester Academy of Fine Art, James has won may notable awards and has undertaken commissions for clients as diverse as Sunday Times, the BBC, the British Tourist Authority, Bonhams and Christie's. His seascape and landscape paintings have been awarded the Charles Pears Award and the Sir Peter Scott Award.
James works in a distinctive combination of pastel and watercolour, using spontaneous gestural marks and sweeping strokes.