James
Campbell was born in
Colorado Springs,
Colorado, where the
change in seasons in
uniquely beautiful. Like
his famous namesake,
sociologist Joseph
Campbell, artist James
Campbell endorses the
axiom follow your bliss.
Whether it's hiking
in the great outdoors or
working at his easel,
Campbell likes to feel
the expansiveness of
unlimited possibilities,
and expresses this in
his work with a bold,
vibrant colour palette
and a complexity of
imagery and detail that
rivals any on the
contemporary scene.
Campbell is a
self-taught artist,
believing that life's
experience is the best
teacher an artist can
have. His creative
influences are Keith
Haring, Rembrandt,
Picasso, Rauschenberg,
Hartley and John
Douglas. Campbell is
intrigued by the time of
folktales and myth.
Artists are
storytellers, creating
legends and dreams.
Campbell enjoys
dancing, comparative
religion studies, skiing
and hiking. Do what you
love, the artist
maintains, from dancing
to putting paint on
canvas, what you feel
shows...if you feel joy,
you want others to see
it.
