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 …
I am proud to have my painting “Stop and Cross” on the front cover of such an exclusive magazine http://1340art.com
I am proud to announce that my series of the homeless will be on show at Loods 6. KNSM-Laan 143, 1019 LB, Amsterdam between the 31st August and the 3rd September 2017
I have often been asked why I paint homeless people or people on an emotional knife edge. From a very early age I had always wanted to paint a homeless person, I do not know why, why would a young boy want to sketch a homeless person rather than a still life, a landscape or …
I am honoured to learn that I will be part of this incredible exhibition with fellow artists from 30 different countries from all over the world. The exhibition will take place from 23rd to 25th February 2018 at the Oxford town Hall, Oxfordshire, UK.
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
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