C.J. VanJames works in oils, acrylics and color pencil. All media allow the best expression of the subject’s nobility, energy and beauty. The works created, take-off and dramatically go beyond prosaic boundaries of nature’s images and present startling and alive forms. Alive, that is, from a soul’s perspective.
VanJames grew up in the western part of the United States. Her first art commissions came during her tenure in First Grade, Elementary School, from art admirers. During High School, even though many pieces of her work were stolen from the schools art studio by secret art admirers, VanJames celebrated graduation with a solo exhibition. VanJames graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts. An active lifelong artist and painter, works are created in the realist, representational and contemporary traditions that are inspired by a passion and love of nature.
An accomplished writer and public speaker, VanJames has appeared as a guest artist on community television art shows. As a past member of her City’s Art Advisory Board for art in public places, she is now a member of the local Art Guild and the Art Students League of Denver. Works are found in city and corporate art collections.
Solo Exhibitions 2007, Craft & Hobby Association Winter 2007 Show, Anaheim, CA 2007, Sheridan Ross ESQ., Attorney’s, Denver, CO 2006, Coors Credit Union, Golden, CO 2006, The Ranch Country Club, Denver, CO 2003, Sheridan Ross ESQ., Attorney’s, Denver, CO 2002, Featured Artist in 'The Art Seen', TCI-AT&T Cable Television, Denver, CO 1999, West by Southwest, Pinehurst Country Club, Denver, CO 1999, The Ranch Country Club, Denver, CO 1998, Featured Artist in 'The Art Seen', TCI-AT&T Cable Television, Denver, CO 1997, Featured Artist in 'The Art Seen', TCI-AT&T Cable Television, Denver, CO More upon request.
Representation D.A.I.S.I.E Company, AZ, daisiecompany.com GrayHill Studios, Inc., Denver, CO, grayhillstudios.com Simply Licensed, San Mateo, CA, simplylicensed.com
Collections Ojai Spa and Resort, Santa Barbara, CA Coors Medical Center, Golden CO Sheridan Ross ESQ., Attorney’s, Denver CO The City of Littleton, Smithsonian Sister History Museum, CO The Ranch Country Club, Denver, CO Numerous private collections
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