James Wisnowski Landscape Paintings and Workshop Tours

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James Wisnowski, a Chicago native, is a graduate of the American Academy of Art and a signature member of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. In addition, he is a member of the Oil Painter’s of America, California Art Club, Laguna Plein Air Painter’s of America, Chicago Artists Association, and the Palette and Chisel Fine Art Academy. For 27 years he has taught his technique at the Palette and Chisel Fine Art Academy in Chicago , the Old Town Art Center in Chicago, the North Shore Art League in Winnetka IL., and Palos Verdes Art Center, CA  

James focuses on the outdoor landscape in both oils and watercolor mediums, traveling and teaching his technique in workshops extensively in inspirational locations in Europe and the USA. Painting en plein air gives him a more immediate and intimate encounter with the subject, which allows him to translate the experience onto canvas. These paintings are then often used as studies for larger work done in the studio. His technique is a defined as a realist and a colorist, simplifying and emphasizing the light and color in order to communicate his vision of his environment as he sees it. James believes painting is a visual language with no need of verbal explanation. The images should express themselves through the painting.  

Living in Chicago for much of his art career has given him a unique feeling for the urban cityscape. Through his work, he shares the rediscovered beauty that may be lost or forgotten in every day subjects. He shows the uniqueness found in simple ordinary neighborhood scenes, which are often overlooked.  Recently relocating to California,  the rocky coastlines, colorful fishing villages, and vineyards, as well as the urban scenes, continue to inspire his work.

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