Jim Carson | Painting
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Q&A with Jim
1. What is your chosen medium?
Oil
2. How did you start your career in art?
I retired from practicing law in Macon Ga, moved to Saluda,NC and am a full time artist since 2003.
3. What informs your art?
Constant "brush mileage", and painting with and studying other artists, but mainly practice, practice, practice.
4. What jobs you have worked other than as a professional artist?
Lawyer for 31 years
5. What questions do you ask yourself when starting to work?
How can I get better.
6. Do you have a quote that’s important to you displayed in your studio? If so, what is it?
"Value does all the work and color gets all the credit”
7. Which artist (living or not) would you most like to invite for dinner? What would you serve?
Sergei Bongart was Russian and I am not a cook, so I think I would have pot roast, since I love it. Or I would ask him what was his favorite food, and then find somebody to prepare it for us.
8. What has been your most unusual request for your art?
To paint a dog in front of the Tryon horse with a “Starry Night” sky.
9. What music are you listening to these days?
Glenn Campbell
10. What is on your nightstand?
I can't remember.
“My main goal in my paintings is to catch and then carry the light and shadow patterns through the painting, whether a landscape, still life, or interior.”
About Jim
Jim Carson, AIS, OPA, was the managing partner in the law firm of Chambless, Higdon and Carson, in Macon, Ga., where he practiced law for 31 years.
Although always interested in drawing, even at an early age, Jim began taking painting lessons in 1989, and his art journey culminated in 2003, when Jim retired from law practice, moved to Saluda, N.C., and now paints full time.
Jim is known for his creative color balance and bold and spontaneous brushwork. His favorite subject matter is catching and carrying the light and shadow patterns through a painting, whether in an outdoor landscape, cityscape, interior, or still life.
Jim has been recognized at a number of national events, including the Neil Patterson Award of Excellence in the 2019 Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition for Traditional Oils, and the Associate Member Award of Distinction at the American Impressionist Society Exhibition in 2015.
Jim is a Signature Member of The American Impressionist Society, a member of Plein Air Painters of the Southeast (PAP-SE), a group of distinguished southern artists, a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America, and a member of the historic Salmagundi Club in New York City.