James Christensen Art Gallery
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It is with deep regret and profound sadness that The Collection Shop announces the passing of artist James C. Christensen on Sunday, January 8, 2017.<br>
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Inspired by the world's myths, fables and tales of imagination, James C. Christensen wants his work to add up to more than a beautiful - if sometimes "curious" looking work of art. Having taught art professionally for over 20 years, he likes to think of the world as his classroom. His hope is that through whatever he creates-be it a porcelain, fine art print or book-he can convey a message, inspiration or a simple laugh. He believes that teaching people to use their imagination helps us find solutions to sooth the stresses of everyday life-or get a little lift to help us keep going. In short: all things are possible when you share Christensen's philosophy that "Believing is Seeing."
Christensen was born in 1942 and raised in Culver City, California. He studied painting at Brigham Young University and, for a while, the University of California at Los Angeles before finishing his formal education at BYU. Since then, he has had one-man shows in the West and the Northeast and his work is prized in collections throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Christensen has also won all the professional art honors the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention can bestow, as well as multiple Chesley Awards from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. Christensen has been designated as a "Utah Art Treasure," one of Utah s Top 100 Artists by the Springville Museum of Art and received the Governor s Award for Art awarded by the Utah Arts Council recognizing the significance of Christensen s artwork to Utah s cultural communities. He was inducted into the U.S. Art magazine s Hall of Fame and is an Honored Alumnus at Brigham Young University for his contributions to fine art and education. James and his wife Carole, co-chair the Mormon Arts Foundation. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Brigham Young University, and has also given workshops to large companies and organizations on the subject of creative thinking, including the California Art Educator s Association, Hallmark and Intermountain Health Care.
In addition to his fine art limited editions on paper and canvas, Christensen s work can be found in five acclaimed books and a series of interactive journals and in three dimensions in porcelain and hand-crafted limited-edition bronze sculptures
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Inspired by the world's myths, fables and tales of imagination, James C. Christensen wants his work to add up to more than a beautiful - if sometimes "curious" looking work of art. Having taught art professionally for over 20 years, he likes to think of the world as his classroom. His hope is that through whatever he creates-be it a porcelain, fine art print or book-he can convey a message, inspiration or a simple laugh. He believes that teaching people to use their imagination helps us find solutions to sooth the stresses of everyday life-or get a little lift to help us keep going. In short: all things are possible when you share Christensen's philosophy that "Believing is Seeing."
Christensen was born in 1942 and raised in Culver City, California. He studied painting at Brigham Young University and, for a while, the University of California at Los Angeles before finishing his formal education at BYU. Since then, he has had one-man shows in the West and the Northeast and his work is prized in collections throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Christensen has also won all the professional art honors the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention can bestow, as well as multiple Chesley Awards from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. Christensen has been designated as a "Utah Art Treasure," one of Utah s Top 100 Artists by the Springville Museum of Art and received the Governor s Award for Art awarded by the Utah Arts Council recognizing the significance of Christensen s artwork to Utah s cultural communities. He was inducted into the U.S. Art magazine s Hall of Fame and is an Honored Alumnus at Brigham Young University for his contributions to fine art and education. James and his wife Carole, co-chair the Mormon Arts Foundation. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Brigham Young University, and has also given workshops to large companies and organizations on the subject of creative thinking, including the California Art Educator s Association, Hallmark and Intermountain Health Care.
In addition to his fine art limited editions on paper and canvas, Christensen s work can be found in five acclaimed books and a series of interactive journals and in three dimensions in porcelain and hand-crafted limited-edition bronze sculptures
James Christensen Current Portfolio
Hold to the Rod, the Iron Rod
Portrait of Isabella Grimaldi as an Angel
The Listener
Finding Your Fish Artist Proof SMALLWORK EDITION
Music of Heaven
The Yellow Rose MASTERWORK CANVAS EDITION
Tweedle Dee Porcelain Sculpture
Interrupted Voyage
Butterfly Knight Small Works
Three Clowns
The Listener
Levi Levitates A Stone Fish Limited Edition Print
The Listener SilverFrame
The Blind Leading the Blind
GETHSEMANE-LARGE
The Listener White Float Frame
Living Waters
The Tie That Binds Limited Edition DIPTYCH
Michael The Archangel Battles The Dragon While Almost Nobody Pays Any Attention
The Listener White Frame
Madonna With Two Angels Framed
Virtue
The Listener Black Frame
Court Of The Faeries Believer's Etching Edition L.e. Print
Benediction ANNIVERSARY EDITION CANVAS
We Three Kings
The Responsible Woman White Float Frame
We Three Kings
Garden Rendezvous Limited Edition Print
Finding Your Fish SMALLWORK EDITION
The Great Garibaldi Reg. Edition L.e.print
If Pigs Could Fly Artist Proof Canvas
The Tie That Binds Limited Edition DIPTYCH
Sharing Our Light
St. Nicholas Of Myra
THE PRINCESS AND THE PUFFINS HAND COLORED PRINT
Three Wise Men in a Boat
Ten Lepers
THE CANDLEMAN
The Fruits of Adversity
Benediction MASTERWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION Artist Proof
Betrothed
There Was A Crooked Man Porcelain Sculpture
The Blind Leading the Blind
Parables ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Poofy Guy On A Short Leash
Finding Fish By James Christensen Hand Colored Print
Lawrence Pretended Not to Notice That a Bear Had Become Anniversary Edition
The Pelican King and The Prince
The Listener Brown Frame
The Gift for Mrs. Claus
The Listener Matte Gold Framed
The Listener Silver Float Frame
Michael The Archangel Battles The Dragon While Almost Nobody Pays Any Attention
Lawrence Pretended Not to Notice That a Bear Had Become
The Pelican King and The Prince
Ten Lepers
Shakespearean Fantasy
We Three Kings
Hold to the Rod, the Iron Rod
All That She Had Artist Proof
BALANCING ACT
Sharing Our Light
Benediction
The Responsible Woman
Garden Rendezvous
Still Small Voices
ICARUS BOUND
The Widow's Mite
THE OATH
The Golden Ball
The Listener
The Chess Match Limited Edition
Jonah ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON
The Chess Match
Queen Mab In The Ruins Limited Edition Print
THE ANNUNCIATION
THE OATH LIMITED EDITION PORCELAIN
Superstitions MASTERWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
The Royal Processional Masterwork
Cecelia MASTERWORK CANVAS EDITION
All The World's A Stage Artist Proof
Angel with Two Faeries
Princess in the Tower
Arise and Shine Forth OPEN EDITION
Visitation/preoccupation
The Listener Black Float Frame
OLDE WORLD SANTA
The Listener Ivory Frame
The Listener Framed Gray
SIX BIRD HUNTERS IN FULL CAMOUFLAGE
Fiona
Santas Other Helpers Porcelain Sculpture
Dusk
Touching the Hem of God
Two Men In Conversation Attempting To Put Things Le Canvas
Visitation/preoccupation Limited Edition Print
The Yellow Rose
Tommy Tucker Porcelain Figurine
The Royal Processional Masterwork Canvas Edition
The Rich Young Ruler
The Listener Gold Frame