Paintings by James Spell
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Abstract Impressionism

My non-representative landscape art involves investigating the interplay between active and passive spaces through repetitive form, color, and texture to strike a balance of calmness and dynamism somewhere between non-objective abstract impressionism and pixel art.
 
While painting landscapes, I take inspiration from memories and experiences of places and events in my life and communicate them abstractly to facilitate the intimate, personal, emotional connections between the artist and viewer, translating the joy and beauty of nature without worry of objective form.
 
In crafting my compositions, I focus on strong impasto textures created with a palette knife and other tools, with a heavy attention to texture and detail, so that each piece becomes a continuous act of discovery, where the nature of the paintings change, depending on lighting, distance, and even touch.  ​

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Surfacing: 36" x 60" acrylic on canvas.
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Sunset in the Meadow: 48" x 50" Acrylic on canvas
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Meadow Flowers: 48" x 60" acrylic on canvas
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Giverny I: 50" x 48" Acrylic on canvas
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Songs We Sing in Our Sleep: 10" x 20" acrylic on canvas
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Autumn in the Ozarks: 54" x 48" acrylic on canvas
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Miami Sunshine: 36" x 48" acrylic on canvas
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Twilight Garden: 36" x 48" oil on canvas
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Little Birds Fly Away to Heaven: 30" x 40" +five 4" x 4" polytych, acrylic on canvases
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Summer on the River: 24" x 24" acrylic on canvas
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Grassland II: 24" x 24" acrylic on canvas
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Winter Wonderland: 30" x 40" acrylic on canvas
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