James: “Yes, I have won the Hugo, Chesley, Spectrum, and World Fantasy Awards. James: “I have had 63 consecutive features articles since 2009 in the International Artist Magazine.” These exhibitions were held in the USA, France, the United Kingdom, Switserland and Italy.” James: “From 1992 until 2015 I have had a traveling exhibition called ‘Dinotopia’ with varying themes ‘The Fantastical Art of James Gurney, Art Science and Imagination, Journey to Chandara, The return to Dinotopia, A land apart from time. One is beyond our imagination, the other is beneath our notice. James: “Pencil, pen, and brush watercolour, gouache, casein, and oil.”ĭinosaurs and parking lots. What materials, techniques and tools have you used to create your artwork? I sometimes paint while riding a unicycle.Īs Robert Frost said, “My goal in life is to unite my avocation with my vocation, as my two eyes make one in sight.”Īt what age did you start drawing and painting? James: “My name is James Gurney and my studio is based in Poughkeepsie, New York. Be sure to take photos during painting and of the finished artwork, then post it to the Facebook event page created for the challenge.Can you tell us something about yourself? Complete contest rules can be found on the event page on Gurney’s blog and on Facebook. If you are an artist who wants to try your hand, the basic rules are to find a cemetery and paint a scene using a palette limited to three colors, plus white. So far 168 artists have indicated interest in participating in Gurney’s challenge. Ranging from spooky to reverent, these works of art evoke emotions that other subjects often miss. Artists such as Chagall, Sargent, Friedrich, Turner, El Greco, and Courbet have all painted tombstone-riddled landscapes, and even actual burials (that is not including the numerous paintings of religious subjects involving burial). Gurney is not the only artist to find inspiration in the land of the lost. Several of his cemetery pieces are featured in the blog post that talks about the contest.
Gurney himself often paints on location and he has created a video series focusing on the process.
And what could be more appropriate for October than autumn leaves swirling around the ultimate memento mori-tombstones? The challenge was so well received that it prompted Gurney to consider places for another outdoor painting contest. Gurney’s previous challenge was to paint an outdoor market on site (plein air is the French term for painting outside). He frequently shares articles teaching both art history and skills, along with creating various challenges and contests to encourage reader participation.
Artist James Gurney (Photo Source: The Delaware Art Museum)īest known for his award-winning Dinotopia book series, Gurney has amassed a large online following on his blog.
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