James Bland Painter UK 1979

James Bland is an English (Born 1979) figurative artist born in Grimsby who now lives and works in Kent. He exhibits frequently in fine art galleries and major art fairs in London.He holds an MA in Fine Art from Canterbury Christ Church University and has travelled extensively in Italy where he lived between 2005 and 2006. In 2007 he received the Janet Konstam Travel Award for travel in Italy and was made artist in residence at the Centro Verrocchio art school in Tuscany.He was the 1st prize winner of the The Winsor & Newton Oil Painters Awards at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 2013. In January 2015, he was elected a member of the New English Art Club, a London-based exhibiting society, based at the Mall Galleries.
James Bland’s oil paintings are characterised by his depictions of light, unconventional colour harmonies, and storytelling. His inspirations range from dreams, literature, history, to cinema and admirations of artists such as Giotto, Klee, Kossoff, and De Chirico.
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