ArtistsNetwork.com 31Meet the Artist
Since 1992, James Bartholomew (jamesbartholomew.
co.uk) has worked as a contemporary landscape and
seascape painter. He has a strong reputation within the
British contemporary art market, and his recognizable
loose, energetic style has gained widespread acclaim.
He’s a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists,
and his work can be found in both private and
corporate collections around the world.A Visual World
Bartholomew has been painting since he was 17 years old,
at which point he realized he could channel his love for
nature and the outdoors into a profession. He studied
illustration in school and then earned his degree in graphic
design at Leicester Polytechnic (now Montfort University).
Early on in his career, he came across a “to let” sign for a
studio space in an old mill near his home when he was walk-
ing his dog. Over the years, he has turned the space into his
own studio and gallery called Th e Millhouse Gallery.
It’s clear that Bartholomew paints the things he loves,
“from breaking waves on the Cornish coast at fi rst light,
to vibrant, crumbling Venetian facades ... from a storm
arriving into a sharply lit lakeland valley, to a drooling
1000-kg Hereford bull,” he says.
“For me,” he continues, “the best by-product of being
an artist is that I notice the visual world much more.
Sometimes, subjects in everyday situations look interest-
ing just because of an amazing combination of colors or
the light that falls on them.” WA
Writer and editor Rebecca Dvorak, of New York City, studied
art history in college. She has interned with Galeria Cartel, in
Granada, Spain; D.C. Moore Gallery, in New York City; and
Th e Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Morag
(watercolor on paper, 20x27)