James McGinley

Grain in Fall, original 36x36 contemporary landscape

This original contemporary landscape with it's clean lines and transitional neutral color palette offers a textured surface to which artist James McGinley...

This original contemporary landscape with it's clean lines and transitional neutral color palette offers a textured surface to which artist James McGinley added motion, dimension and...

For love of the sand and sea, the tan sand is resplendent with the vast layers of turquoise spreading from the ocean and across the sky. You encounter a contemporary marine landscap...

Warm tan sand and olive dune grass and a multitude of shades of blue in the sea and sky all interconnecting as a vision in paradise! It's a gentle, still day relaxing in the Cape Cod dunes...

"My recent work now becomes more involved with cloud cover and its effect on light and colour through both its translucent and opaque properties. Clouds are visible masses of water d...

"Raining in Traffic", is a 18x32 original oil painting on canvas capturing the bustling moments of a city in the daylight hours. A moment in time caught by the artist Schneider, this...

Dharamsala’ is a small town in the Kangra Vallery in North India. It is the location of the exiled Tibetan Government and home to the Dalai Lama . Colin Taylor...

"My recent work now becomes more involved with cloud cover and its effect on light and colour through both its translucent and opaque properties. Clouds are visible masses of water droplets or frozen ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. They have the ability to refract and reflect, creating an ever changing perception of light which inspires my use of colour. I am constantly referring to the paradox of a cloud’s perceived weight and its fragility and the relationship between the cool and warm colours created by it. I have become increasingly interested in catching the moment when heavy overcast clears to reveal clear blue sky, a cool colour that complements the warmth it brings. While the most obvious manifestation of light refraction at this time would occur in the form of a rainbow, I will be concerned with accentuating the infinite, more subtle effects. I find myself inspired increasingly by the works of Turner, who created ephemeral atmospheric effects using large washes of liquid paint. Other influences include Henry Matisse, Francis Cadell...