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① Artwork:
The Poet's Desk
This painting uses loose brushwork of thin, vibrant paint to depict a desk at a window where the poet perceives the world. The experience of being in the world is reflected onto the poet's paper.
James Morse’s paintings use land imagery as a language to explore the imperfections of human creativity and labor. The artist creates studies while on-site and later transforms these studies into expressive landscape paintings that embrace the interpretive nature of life. Drawing inspiration from abstract expressionist painters such as Lois Dodd and Jane Freilicher, Morse’s paintings contemplate the vicissitudes of humanity on the natural world.
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③ Artist:
James Morse’s paintings use the imagery of land as a language to explore the imperfections of human creativity and labor. First creating studies from direct observation, the artist then creates expressive landscapes that embrace the interpretive nature of life. Inspired by abstract expressionist painters such as Lois Dodd and Jane Freilicher, Morse’s paintings contemplate the vicissitudes of humanity on the natural world.
BIO:
James Morse was born in Hinsdale, Illinois in 1982. The artist received a BA from Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
Exhibitions of Morse’s work have taken place at: Philip Martin Gallery in Los Angeles, California; Galleri Magnus Karlsson in Stockholm, Sweden; Cook’s House in Traverse City, Michigan; Crooked Tree Arts Center in Traverse City, Michigan; Morsecraft Studio in Northport, Michigan; Wright Gallery in Northport, Michigan; and The Old Art Building in Leland, Michigan.
Morse’s work has been featured in publications, such as: Venti Journal, Art Maze Magazine, and Dans les Yeux d’Elsa Art Magazine.
Morse lives and works in Northport, Michigan.
