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I am excited to share with you my latest oil painting titled “My Kingdom”. This oil painting is a heartfelt reflection on the power of imagination and innocence as a sanctuary amidst life’s hardships. About The Artwork: “My Kingdom” depicts a young boy soaring through the sky, surrounded by clouds, in his personal, magical refuge […]

James will be creating a new artwork to celebrate “The World Cup Great Walk” organised by the Homeless Entrepreneur. The walk is 150km and will start at Philadelphia and finish at the Metlife Stadium in New York. The Homeless Entrepreneur’s mission is to promote economic empowerment and poverty reduction via work and active citizenship thanks

I am proud and honoured that my portrait of Sam is featured in the prestigious Hastings Report. The report asks he question “Is mandated drug treatment ever appropriate” The full report is accessed by clicking The Hastings Report

James Earley’s latest painting “The Magic Door”is the first piece in a new series exploring mental health and the healing power of nature. The scene depicts Plateau de Beille in the Pyrenees, a place James visited often because of its calming presence. “It is a sanctuary- a world where colours, sounds, and scents feel pure

James is proud to announce that he has been awarded the prize for “The leading Pioneer in figurative and hyperrealism painting award” by The Visual Arts Awards. This is a real honour and privilege and adds more noise to his work on social issues, work that he wants to scream.

James Earley’s latest portrait takes him back to his time in Bangladesh and in particular the remote and isolated southern coast…. “I remember when I first saw Abdul, I could never forget. I was with a delegation visiting a village called Ramia on the southern coast of Bangladesh. I had been asked to produce some

On the opening night of The Other Art Fair in London I was told that I could not display my work that showed the suffering of the people of Gaza and the war crimes that are occurring there. I refused to show any of my other work on the basis that I feel that art

James is proud to announce that he will be displaying his new series of work at The Other Art Fair in London between the 6th -9th March 2025 at The Truman Building in Brick Lane. This is the first time that his new series of work will be on view to the public. This series

James was honoured to receive the American Art Award in October 2024. This was awarded by the American Art Committee and voted by the very best US Galleries. James’ portrait “Rules Britannia” was the painting that won this award and was one of thousands of entries from 63 different countries. James is particularly proud of

James Earley is excited to announce that his first solo exhibition of 2024 will be in London at the end of November. The theme of the exhibition will be “Homelessness and poverty”. The dates and venue will be announced in early October. James has travelled extensively in 2024 researching and planning a new series of

I am proud and honoured to announce that my oil painting “Mother and daughter” has won the American Art Award for contemporary oil paintings. This painting is very dear to me as it was inspired by my life changing trip to Bangladesh in 2022. I met Morshida and her daughter in the most beautiful but

I am honoured and privileged that my oil painting “Shame” has won the 2024 Art Collectors Award. This is the second award for this art work having won the Velasquez Award for painting in 2022. “Shame” is part of my series of work on war and conflict and looks at the devastation inflicted on the

I am proud and honoured that my painting of Mick titled “Me and Myself” has been pre-selected for the prestigious Royal Society Of Portrait Artists Exhibition. This exhibition will take place at the Mal Gallery in London in March 2024.

James is proud to announce that he will be showing some of his series of paintings from his acclaimed series of work on “War and Conflict” at an exhibition organised by Amnesty International and Artvocate at Islington Union Church London between the 27th November and the 10th December 2023. James is strongly opposed to the

James Earley will be visiting Cuba in 2024 where he will meet, sketch and interview people with the intention of creating three series of work. The first series will look at the heroic efforts of the Cuban soldiers who fought in Angola in the 1970’s which ultimately contributed to the end of the apartheid regime

James Earley’s painting of “Rahaman” which is part of his acclaimed series of work on “Bangladesh and Climate Change” has been shortlisted for the 2023 Art Gemini Prize. The Finalist exhibition will take place between the 20th and 28th September at The Zari Gallery in London.

James is proud and honoured that his painting “Twenty Twenty Two” has been selected for display at the prestigious London Biennale that takes place in Chelsea, London between the 27th and 30th July. James won first prize at this event back in 2019 with his powerful painting “The Place Of The Skull” that looked at

I am honoured that my painting of Rory will be part of The Grenfell Towers victims exhibition “Social Housing Stories”. The exhibition will run from the 20th -24th June at The Tabernacle in London. This is a free exhibition to raise awareness of this disaster and tells the story of how some of these families

I met Rahaman in the tiny and remote island of Madaripara in 2022 whilst I visited Bangladesh. I went to Bangladesh with the social purpose organisation Friendship who were trying to help those people in the most remote and isolated regions where mainstream support was almost impossible. Rahaman and his fellow villagers lived with the

I met Kabita in the village of Ramia in the Southern coastal region of Bangladesh. This isolated and remote region was suffering with the growing consequences of climate change. Cyclones and flooding were becoming increasingly regular and the people of Ramia had no where else to go so they had no choice but to live

James’ first sole exhibition in Holland will see his series of work on “Bangladesh and Climate Change” go on display at The Circle Gallery in Amsterdam. The paintings were inspired by James’ trip to Bangladesh in May 2022 with all the proceeds going to the Social Purpose Organisation www. friendship.ngo

It was May 8th 2022, my first day visiting the islands in Northern Bangladesh. We departed early from Balishi village travelling up the Brahmaputra river to the island of Aorai Bari. The Brahmaputra river was vast with hundreds of small islands scattered along the river. The beauty was breathtaking yet also a mask as this

My visit to the tiny island of Madaripara on May 10th gave me a great insight into the unique partnership of Friendship and the local community. These islands are so isolated that the villagers have very few ways of selling their produce and gaining an income, they have no access to banks and government funding.

My visit to Madaripara Char was a fantastic experience as it enabled me to see the scale of help Friendship was providing to the community and how the community was using this help in an effective and imaginative way. Madaripara is a remote and isolated island in Northern Bangladesh and like all the other islands

James is honoured and privileged that his paintings of Kaud and Tawhid will be part of Bonhams of London Modern and Contemporary South East Asian Sale. The auction will take place at Bonhams in London on the 22nd November 2022. All the proceeds will go to www.friendship.ngo

James will be showing his Bangladesh series of work at The Sinclair Gallery in Rickmansworth between the 18th November to the 3rd December. All the sale proceeds of the exhibition will go to the Social Purpose Organisation www.friendship.ngo

My visit to Nakna village was an incredibly interesting and inspirational experience. This village being on the south coast of Bangladesh was on the front line for climate change disasters. Flooding and cyclones were becoming more and more frequent and the community together with Friendship were doing all they could to try and improve the

I met Yasin Ali on the remote and isolated island of Adorshogram Char. Yasin is 66 and like many of the elderly residents of these islands he had suffered with cataracts. Previously it was extremely difficult to have this condition treated because it was such a long and difficult process to get to a hospital

“Shame” an oil on canvas painting depicting wars in the Middle East and the impact of drones as weapons of war was awarded the International Velázquez Award for painting in 2022. This award is a significant award with artists from 40 different countries being judged and almost three thousand art works being examined. This is

The 11th May was a busy day for me. I was to visit three islands Porar Char, Vatiburail Char and finally Nawshila Char. It was in the last island of the day Nawshila Char that I visited a school that had been built by the community and Friendship. The islands in Northern Bangladesh were so

It was my last day in Southern Bangladesh and I was to spend the day in the coastal village of Nakna. Nakna had been the eye of the storm of recent cyclones and Friendship and the community were working together to put measures in place to reduce the impact of the cyclones. These cyclones were

I remember seeing a video of Tawhid and being magnetised by his smile and his enthusiasm as he took his first steps. He was surrounded by his friends and family who seemed mezmerised by each small step and I could sense their pride for this brave little boy. Born with cerebral palsy, 13-year-old Tawhid developed

It was 10th May 2022 and I was looking forward to visit one of Friendship’s floating hospitals. In its work in remote regions that are deprived of even the most basic of services, Friendship’s first priority was saving lives and from its very beginning Friendship created an innovative solution- a floating hospital. Friendship’s aim is

It was May 11th 2022 and my first visit on this hot and sunny day was Porar Char. Porar Char is an island of approximately 950 people and and is one of many islands in the Brahmaputra river in northern Bangladesh. This island like all the other islands in this region had seen ever increasing

My trip to Bangladesh was an experience that I will never forget. I met the brilliant team of Friendship and the amazing people of Bangladesh who are showing incredible resilience as flooding due to climate change is causing damage and destruction on a large scale. I saw how Friendship and the community are working side

James Earley visited Bangladesh in May 2022 as a guest of the charity www.friendship.ngo. The purpose of the trip was to visit the most remote areas of Bangladesh, areas that are almost completely cut off and to see how they are being devastated by climate change and to see how the charity Friendship are working

I am delighted to announce that I will be showing my new series of work on climate change in Bangladesh at the iconic Carrousel Du Louvre in Paris between the 1st and 4th September 2022 The event is organised by the forward thinking and innovational Focus Art Fair. Please contact me for further information and

I am happy and proud to be working with the charity www.friendship.ngo. Friendship do a great deal of work in Bangladesh where they work with the local community to try and create solutions to the problems caused by climate change. Bangladesh is at the epicentre of the consequences of climate change and the people of

James Earley will be exhibiting his new series of work at The Saatchi Art Fair which will be at The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London between the 14th and 17th October. If anyone would like to go you can get free complimentary tickets by going to www.theotherartfair.com and using the code EARLEYCOMP.

I am proud to announce that I will be showing both my Homeless and Refugees Series of work at The Other Fair in Kings Cross London between 1st and 4th July 2021. If anyone would like tickets you can click on the following link and use the complimentary code ARTIST50

“A Cardboard Story” oil on canvas painting will be a part of The Royal Society Of British Artists 2021 Exhibition. The exhibition will be held at the prestigious Mall Gallery in London SW1Y 5BD between the 15th and 24th April. I am honoured to be a part of this event.

The Venice International Art Award will be presented to James Earley in December 2020 in Venice. “I am honoured to receive this prestigious award and I appreciate all the support behind my work and its message” James Earley 2020

James Earley will be exhibiting a new series of portraits at Munich’s prestigious Storpunkt Gallery in February 2021. James will be showing portraits that focus on child victims of war. Dates and times will be announced soon

I am honoured to be nominated by The International Contemporary Art Magazine for the title “International Artist of The Year”. The ceremony will take place in Sicily in September 2020

I am proud to be interviewed by a magazine that seeks the truth and does not follow the mainstream media Please follow the link to read my interview http://www.soedited.com/soslashbullcreative/james-earley-activism-art

I am proud to announce that The Innocence Project will be one of the charities that I will donate a percentage of my sales proceeds to. I am passionate and desperate to help this amazing charity who are based in the US and whose mission is to free the staggering number of innocent people who

The Net Gallery speaks to UK artist James Earley about the development of his career, his relationship with his subjects – many of whom are homeless – and the powerful realism of his art. An exceptionally talented painter, known for his magnetic, hyperrealistic portraits, James Earley has risen to attention by shining a light on

I am proud and honoured to be asked to represent the UK at both the prestigious and important Norman and Florence Biennale. I will post dates and venues later this year and this comes on the back of the London Biennale where I was proud to have won the first prize for my painting The

I am proud to announce that I will soon be represented by the important and exceptional 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago. The Gallery is owned by Sergio Gomez and specialises in realism and figurative art. This partnership will develop as I have exhibitions in both New York and Chicago later in 2020

I am proud to announce that I will be exhibiting my work at the important and prestigious Southampton Art Gallery between the 28th September and the 9th November 2019

I am proud to announce that I will be displaying my work at The Other Art Fair between the 3rd and 6th October at Victoria House, Southampton Row, London WC1. My stand number is 121. If anyone would like complimentary tickets please go to theotherartfair.com/invite and enter the code EARLEY.

“The Scream” by James Earley has been shortlisted for the prestigious Sunny Art Prize. The exhibition will take place at The Sunny Arts Centre WC1X 8HR London between the 1st and 31st October 2019

James is proud to be exhibiting at the incredible Other Art Fair between the 4th and 7th July at West handy side Canopy, Kings Cross, London. James will be showing 5 paintings “The Red Road”, “The Place of The Skull”, “Childhood”, “The Yellow Road” and “Rage”. James will also be supporting the charity the Calm

I am so proud to announce that I won the first prize for my painting “The Place of The Skull” at the prestigious London Biennale 2019

I am proud to be represented by the Sinclair Gallery. The Sinclair Gallery is owned by Esther Murphy and specialises in Realism and Hyperrealism. The Gallery can be located at 126 High Street, Rickmansworth WD3 1AB. To contact the Gallery by email. info@thesinclairgallery.com

James Earley is proud and honoured to have been chosen to exhibit two of his paintings at the 2019 London Biennale. The exhibition will be on the Kings Road, Chelsea between the 22nd and 26th May. The two paintings to have been chosen are “The Red Road” and “The Place of The Skulls”

James Earley has been chosen to exhibit his “Homeless Series” of work at the Other Art Fair in London in 2019. The event will take place between the 14th and 17th March 2019 at the Old Truman Brewery. “I am honoured to be a part of this event” James Earley 2018

“Shadows” by James Earley will be on display at the Menier Gallery on the south bank of London SE1 1RU from the 24th September until 29th September.

“Shadows”, a painting by James Earley which focuses on the homeless issue in New York has been shortlisted for the prestigious Art Gemini Prize 2018. The exhibition will take place at the Menier Gallery London between the 25th -29th September.

James Earley is proud to be featured in the prestigious Internationale Kunst Heute 2018. This is a book that features the ‘Most Relevant Artists in the World Today”

We are proud to announce that James Earley has been featured on the front cover of Artists on Art Magazine. The May 2018 issue also includes an article as to why James Earley paints the Homeless.

We are proud to announce that James Earley has featured in the April edition of “Artists Tell Their Story” by Brenda Smoake. https://artiststelltheirstories.blogspot.fr/2018/04/james-earley-painter-of-homeless-tells.html

The Reason Behind the Painting It was August 2017 when I visited my home town of Southampton. It was a hot and sunny day and the streets of the city centre were full of shoppers. I noticed what appeared to be a pile of rags, a rag doll perhaps lying on the ground invisible to

The Making of Violet and Blue Silence The two figures are a homeless couple living on the streets of New York. When painting this image the most important thing was to feel the emotional connection between the couple. These emotions are emotions that impact like a hammer. I wanted to create a background which would

The girl lives on the streets of New York, she is the same girl as in my painting Mary but I wanted this painting to be completely different to Mary. The key to the picture and the story is the silence, solitude and the precious memories of child hood emerging in the tragic plight of

I met Joe Crow in Winchester, England in 2017 and got to know him. I had met so many homeless people who had had enough, who really wanted to escape this world, yet Joe Crow was different. He had encountered so many problems, so many traumas yet he kept going, he looked forward he did

Mary is a painting of a homeless girl from New York. I really wanted to paint this as there was so much going on in this scene. So many emotions hit you when you see it. I normally work on sketches and photos of homeless people that I meet, I try to get to know

James Earley has been invited to show his recent painting “Clearance” at the Galeria Independiente Tabacalera in Madrid from 22/9/2017-24/9/2017. The exhibiton will showcase the work of international artists who incorporate social issues in their work.

The aim of this blog is to give you some idea as to why I choose a particular subject, how I ultimately produce the painting and the message that I want to get across in my art. Toulouse is the nearest city to where I live in the south of France so it is the

As part of my series of paintings of the homeless I have started a portrait of a man that I met in Toulouse in the south of France. I was particularly struct by the sadness of this man and I hope to show emotion in the work. As always I start with a red back

After a period of 3 months the detail has all been added

This is my second post in relation to my current painting of river jousting at Sete. I have now completed the rough picture and I will now work on detail

This is my first ever landscape. It is a painting of Sete in southern France where there is a tradition to water joust. I aim to regularly post images of how i build the picture from start to finish