The Artist

The Celebration of Harvest poster features a painting by James Pratt.

James Pratt was born in Wellington New Zealand. He lives and works in Charleston, South Carolina as well as spends time at his home in Southern France.

James was introduced to art at young age by his father, a very accomplished artist. His life has always been involved with design and creativity. James worked as an International Marketing Director while in New Zealand and the USA before beginning his professional art career. “I am blessed to have this profession and it was possible through the help of my wife Beverly who has worked to allow me this working environment.”

James has moved in several directions from watercolors to oils. As did the masters, he uses only the three primary colors; blue, red and yellow and uses only a palette knife to set his scenes.

"For me, the palette knife is an ideal tool. I enjoy the sensation of applying thick buttery paints to the canvas. Painting with the knife is initially trickier than using a brush but one can achieve the suggestion of movement and changing light by adding textures which can be thin or ridged. The paint stand outs and encourages a lively and impressionistic treatment as well as capable of achieving fine detail. This exciting contrast of scale adds greatly to the impact of the painting. "

For more information on James, please visit his website.