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The art and creative work of Dar James, creator of the original Stained Glass Trees.

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Pictures do not do it justice. Finished with two coats of clear resin that bring out the vibrancy of colors and the magic of all the iridescent lines. This is the first collection in my new Rainbow Grafitti series. Soon to be on exhibit at the 2019 ArtJam. Opening March 29, 5:00-9:00 pm, 10 Hulfish St. Princeton,NJ. Total size of all four panels is 3x3'. A show stopper! #Dar James #artjam #homefrontnj #rainbow #grafitti #peace #love #colorbomb #contemporaryart #colorcrushcreative #artresin #shine #flowerpower #tiedye @art_resin
The 2019 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau Artist Label Contest is on! A couple of years I was very close to this possibility and I'm back in the ring. The link to each image is in this post. You can vote for one or for all by leaving a comment on THEIR SITE, after clicking the link I've provided in my profile. You can also share this with others if you feel inclined. Many thanks and much love to you all. ❤️🍷❤️🍷❤️🍷❤️ How great would it be to get art on a bottle of red?!?#indarsworld #darjames #georgesduboeuf #wine #beaujolaisnouveau2019 @duboeufwines
Detailed, taped and ready for resin in the morning. Can't decide if I should put sparkles in this quadriptych (yes that's a thing). They are busy already. Maybe they just need SHINE!! Each is 18x18” acrylic on cradled board. I am hoping they sell together although I'm not requiring it because they each stand nicely alone or in a pair. #contemporaryart #rainbow #flowerpower #darjames #tiedye #hippiestyle #colorcrushcreative #color #colorbomb #rainbowlove #roygbiv #namaste #love #peace
Four piece "grafitti" project on cradled board. Four 18x18" festive abstracts that will get details, dots and resin! RAINBOW LOVE. On their way to Homefront's Art Jam in Princeton. #darjames #contemporaryart #rainbow #love #abstract #party #art #festive #peace #flowerpower #tiedye #namaste
She'll be about 5x13' when completed. Tree Of Life for Princeton Hillel. Working hard and heavy these days. I'm loving scaling up and working this large!! #darjames #contemporaryart #vrksasana #treeoflife #hillel #rainbow #treepose #leaves #love #peace #namaste
Some of you know that my beginnings as a career artist were as a collage artist and a children's book creator. In 2009, after five books, I was really wrung out with the whole 32 page extravaganza that had become my life and a little weary of all the cutting and glueing and, frankly, the marketing that comes with making a book. Gah. So, I picked up a paint brush--this time not to paint collage paper but to touch down to a canvas. BUT...WHAT THE FUCK DO I PAINT???? I have no idea why, but the first thing was... a Tree. Honestly I think I thought it might be easy. This peachy jobber with the little white dove... this... was my first "real" painting. The blue one was next. Both 16x20. I don't even know what I thought of them at the time.... I probably thought they were "good enough"...but I took them to a show and they both sold on first hanging; even among all my collage work, which I know even now, was better. The blue one actually sold in a parking lot as I was packing my van at the end of a show. Now, ten years later, both these paintings look simple and unrefined to me. I've always joked that I seem to continuously find ways to make my life more difficult, make things take longer, cost more, no matter what it is or who it involves, and art is no exception--Jesus Christ, just add more dots...NO ADD EVEN MORE DOTS!!!! Lol. But I think it's important to look at where we come from and remind ourselves that we took the step, perhaps naively, perhaps without all the skills and knowledge we would come to possess,.... but we put our selves out there anyway, made the thing even when we didn't really know what we were doing and let it be a planted seed that would take hold and grow into something much more. I have some angsty young people in my life--people I love deeply-- who fret over things being good enough and balk a little bit over putting something into the world. To this I say... it's as good as it is right now...RIGHT NOW. And you might think it's not good enough but, seriously, no one else has a clue, so do it ANYWAY. And then work your damndest to make it better. Day after day after day after day. I hope you are having a beautiful morning. Namaste y'all
"Dreams Come," 24x24" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. Whaaaaat? Circles AND a Tree?! Yes! Actually this was a Circle painting that just didn't have the right vibe for me. It sat, kind of sad, in my studio for months until I decided maybe a tree would help. What do you think?? 💙 This will be available and on exhibit at my show at The Bridge Street House Gallery, opening tomorrow night 5-8 pm. 75 Bridge Street in Lambertville, NJ. #contemporaryart #vrksasana #treeoflife #darjames #trees #blue #circle #dreams #night #namaste
Like so many female artists, I started with what would definitely be categorized "crafts." Often disparaged by the artsy elite, I still celebrate crafts and still embrace my inner crafty-girl. Playing with birch slabs, which I love. Blue and green, with lovebirds. Because why not? Love to you all out there. 💙💚💙💚#darjames #treeoflife #love #birds #lovebirds #crafty #craftybitch #namaste
Little houses here today. Both 8x10"acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. Red one is called "The Right Place," blue one is "Small Moments."#darjames #contemporaryart #tinyhouse #goldenartistcolors #home #homesweethome #houseparty #sweetdreams #goodnight #love #peace #happiness #namaste 💙🙏