ArtistsNetwork.com 77Meet he Artist
James Toogood (pafa.org/toogood)
teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, in Philadelphia, and
previously taught at the National
Academy of Design, in New York City.
He has had numerous exhibits of his
watercolors in Bermuda, including
three at the Masterworks Museum of
Bermuda Art.ABOVE
The Crawl (watercolor on paper, 14½ x21½ )
is a lovely little bay on the north side of
Bermuda. The arrangement of indigenous
coral limestone and aqua-blue water routes
the viewer’s eye from the shallow eddies in
the foreground off into the distance. The red
and white boat acts like an arrow, pointing
to the rocks in the distance, which, in turn,
point to the ocean beyond.
OPPOSITE
Dead Calm, Mangrove Bay (watercolor on
paper, 14x10) captures the view of Bermuda’s
western end as it looks out past small islands
and into the Atlantic. The black grass sits
motionless in the foreground as it grows on
the sandy bottom. The moist air seems to
soften the edges, and the dominance of blue
lends the painting a soothing sense of calm.