James Jahrsdoerfer

Born in Astoria, NY, James has always lived in the NY Metro area. He first attended Villanova University as a Biology Major, but his love of drawing and painting soon became his overpowering desire. “My way of looking at the world through creative eyes took over.” James taught himself drawing and painting at first, then realized the need to be trained and received a degree of fine arts. From there his adventures have taken him from technical illustration to costume design to the commercial arts. All the while drawing, painting, exploring and playing. His work has been widely exhibited in Saratoga Springs, Southampton, Brooklyn, New York City, Washington DC, Portland Oregon and Russia and is held in numerous private collections. "My creative path is not a single path. It is a multilane highway, encompassing a wide variety of creative endeavors that when totaled together explain why I am the artist I am. I work from the real as much as possible, working outdoors, no matter what the weather conditions, or in the studio. My creative approaches are as varied as a life…at times working plein air, other times photo-real or impressionistically or expressionistically and surrealistically. Sometimes mixing the styles to challenge and interest both visually and intellectually. Always searching for the soul and truth of the subjects."