2014 Art Calendars

Hooray! I now have new 2014 art calendars available through Zazzle.com! You can see the twelve watercolor paintings featured in this year's calendar in the picture below.

The calendars are $24.25 each. (The price drops if you order more than one.) This is a very inexpensive way to get a dozen "prints" of my paintings!

CLICK HERE for my 2014 ART CALENDARS

If you live nearby and would prefer to get a calendar or two directly from me, please just contact me at: cmeyerjames@yahoo.com

My art magnets are also still available if you're interested:
CLICK HERE for my ART MAGNETS

Thank you so much!

Sunflowers and Summer

"The Unstoppable Cheerfulness of Summer"  18" x 24"  $750 framed

As Autumn draws in, I'm grasping for some way to hold onto summer. I just want somehow to capture and keep the cheerfulness and exuberance of summer at it's beautiful best.

The Seattle rain and darkness will come, but this great big bucket of sunflowers makes me feel like I'm still basking in the warm golden glow of summer. :)

Sunflower detail

Kirkland Library

I am so pleased to announce a new show of my work at the Kirkland Public Library in Kirkland, Washington! The show, titled "Nature's Gifts", is a satellite exhibition of the Kirkland Arts Center.

The paintings are on display at the checkout location in the library and will be there until the end of December. All artwork is available for purchase through the Kirkland Arts Center.

For more information about the show and hours the library is open click here.

Peaches and Plums

"Black Plums"   14" x 10"   $475 framed  

I just can't get enough of the summer fruit at the farmer's market! Peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, and all the crosses between them. I have real trouble buying just a few!

Stumbling around the market with a camera, I sometimes come across the most interesting images. I just kept coming back to this image of the woman in the black dress. The sort of zig-zag composition is so much fun! And the black-plum color of the dress just sucks the light right out of the center of the painting. It's easy to make a connection between the woman and the abundant sensuality of the warm, sunlit fruit. Like mother nature in a little black dress, you can't help notice her sweet loveliness!

Spring Onions

"Spring Onions"   8"x 8"   $225 framed

Another new watercolor finally finished. I've been enjoying my summer quite a lot. Been visiting the Farmer's Market every weekend and collecting images of beautiful fresh flowers and produce for new paintings. Seattle in the summer is the BEST!

July Art Show at Victor's Coffee House

I am very pleased to announce a new show of my watercolor paintings at Victor's Coffee House in Redmond, Washington! The show includes 13 of my original paintings, including 6 newly framed pieces exhibited for the very first time ever!

Please stop by for a nice iced coffee or tea and check out the artwork. There is no actual reception scheduled, but if anyone wants to meet me there for a coffee, just let me know! My paintings will be on display and available for purchase through the end of July. I hope you'll get the chance to visit Victor's and see my paintings this month!

Yosemite

I've just returned from a week in Yosemite National Park. Sorry no paintings just yet, but I just have to share a few photos with you.

Such an amazing place! I think I have enough ideas for paintings to last me years! The scale of Yosemite Valley is like nothing I had ever seen before. 3000 feet of rock coming straight out of the flat valley floor. The relative narrowness of the valley creates the sense you are in some sort of grand beautiful cathedral in which it is obvious how very small you are compared to the greatness of God.

The great granite cliffs are like huge canvases for light effects. As the sun sets, the colors of the cliffs change every few minutes. Each cloud that passes creates effects like spotlights across the landscape. The whole valley is like a continuous visual drama unfolding. I can only image how Yosemite must change from season to season. I can see why the photographer Ansel Adams was amazed with the Yosemite light.

We camped in the park for five days and did the most amazing hikes all over the park. We experienced the ancient giant Sequoias, the granite domes at Tuolumne Meadows, we climbed above the waterfalls, and took in countless viewpoints with plenty of air under our feet. And we still barely scratched the surface of this amazing place.