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THE GENESIS OF ALL OF THE
ARTISTS WORK IS HIGH
RESOLUTION DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS
PERSONALLY TAKEN BY THE
ARTIST.AND THEN, AS AN EXAMPLE
OF "EMBRACING THE SYNERGY OF
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND ART"
THE ARTIST CREATES HIS
ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE "CYBERART"
THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY AS HIS BRUSH AND...
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INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA
ARTISTS OF TAHOE
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DR. AND MRS NICHOLAS DUNCAN,
INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA
MR. JEFFREY KINCAID, INCLINE
VILLAGE, NEVADA
MR. AND MRS. ALAN PETRILLA,
INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA
MR. BRUCE SIMONIAN. INCLINE
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RENO, NEVADA
PETRILLA CONSTRUCTION
INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA
MR. AND MRS. EUGENE RICE
SCOTTSDALE,ARIZONA
SIMONIAN FLOORING
INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA
DR. AND MRS NICHOLAS DUNCAN
INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA
THE I-CAN CHARITY FOUNDATION
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JAMES FRANKLIN GRAVES
EXTREME SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER, ARTIST , CYBERARTIST AND FINE ART PRINTER.
THE ARTIST IS A RETIRED COMPUTER BUSINESS EXECUTIVE (RETIREDIN 1984) WHO HAS STUDIED ART ALL OF HIS ADULT LIFE.BUT HAS NEVER CREATED ART FOR PUBLIC REVIEW UNTIL 2003.
THE ARTIST BEGAN HIS ARTISTIC ODYSSEY IN 2003 IN INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA (NORTH SHORE LAKE TAHOE) WHER HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE BEVERLY FROM 1995 T0 2006.
WHILE IN INCLINE VILLAGE HE CREATED.. A LARGE BODY OF WORK THAT HE REFERS TO AS THE LAKE TAHOE YEARS INCLUDING:
THE CLOUD PERCEPTION SERIES
THE SOUTHWEST SERIES
THE IMAGES OF THE PAST SERIES
THE RENO SIGNS SERIES
THE TRIATHLON SERIES
THE VIRGINIA CITY SERIES
AND THE KALAIDOSCOPE SERIS.
IN 2003 HE WAS INVITED TO SHOW HIS WORK IN AN EXHIBITION HOSTED BY THE SIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION BILLED AS THE TOP FIVE
PHOTOGRAPHERS IN NEVADA. HIS PART OF THE EXHIBIT WAS EXPANDED INTO SPECIAL SHOWING OF 60 WORKS OF ART IN THE SIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION MAIN GALLERY AT THE RIVERSIDE ARTISTS LOFTS IN RENO.
ALSO IN 2003 HIS WORK WAS SELECTED FOR A TRAVELING ART SHOW BY THE SIERRA ARTS FOUBDATION AS PART OF ITS ALTERNATRE
EXHIBITION PROGRAM WHERE IT REMAINS TO THIS DAY
IN SEPTEMBER 2004 WITH THE SIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION AS HIS AGENT HE RECEIVED A COMMISION FROM THE FIRST INDEPENDENT
BANK OF NEVADA FOR AN ORIGINAL WORK OF ART FOR THEIR BOARDROOM IN THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN RENO, NEVADA.
HE HAS BEEEN AN ACTIVE ACCREDITED PHOTOGRAPHER IN MANY
SPORTS EVENTS IN THE RENO/LAKE TAHOE AREA OF NEVADA IN 2003 THRU 2007 INCLUDINGTHE VANS TAHOE CUP (SNOWBOARDING) AND THE
NISSAN XTERRA USA CHAMPION GAMES (TRITHELON)
IN 2007 HIS ARTWORK WAS ACCEPTED BY THE I-CAN CHARITY GROUP FOR USE IN POSTERS, POST CARDS , TEE SHIRTS FOR THEIR ANNUAL
CHARITY RUN AT LAKE TAHOE.
FROM 2003 THRU 2007 HE COULD BE SEEN SHOOTING EXTREME WAKEBOARDING AND THE XTERRA GAMES IIN LAKE TAHOE IN THE
SUMMER AND SNOWBOARDING AND DOWNHILL RACING.IN THE WINTER.
HE HAS EXPANDED HIS REPOITOIRE OF ART TO INCLUDE HOUSE AND
LIFESTYLE PORTRAITS AND SPORTS ACTION PORTRAITS. HE HAS
CREATED PORTRAITS FOR DANNY KASS AND ANDY FINCH (SNOWBOARDING OLYMPIANS)
PN 2006 HE RELOCATED TO WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA (3O MILES NORTH OF LOS ANGELES .
HE IS PLANNING A SERIES OF ARTWORK CALLED 'LOS ANGELES SIGNS' (SEE THE FIRST OF THE SERIES ON THIS WEB SITE) AND IS EXPANDING HIS EXTREME SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY TO INCLUDE MOTOCROSS,BMX AND SURFING
THE GENESIS OF ALL OF THE ARTISTS WORK IS HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS PERSONALLY TAKEN BY THE ARTIST.AND THEN,
AS AN EXAMPLE OF 'EMBRACING THE SYNERGY OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND ART' THE ARTIST CREATES HIS ORIGINAL AND
UNIQUE 'CYBERART' THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AS
HIS BRUSH AND CYBERSPACE AS HIS CANVAS.
THE IMAGES ARE THEN PERSONALLY PRINTED BY THE ARTIST IN HIS STUDIO ON ARCHIVAL GRADE CANVAS OR FINE ART PAPER USING
ARCHIVAL GRADE 'ULTRACHROME' INK iIN LIMETED EDITIONS OF 10 TO 100 AND PERSONALLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTIST.
THESE PRINTED IMAGES ARE NOT REPRODUCTIONS OR COPIES. THEY ARE ALL EXACT ORIGINALS OF THE IMAGES THAT ARE CREATED AND STORED BY THE ARTIST IN CYBERSPACE.
PLEASE VISIT HIS WEB SITES AT cyberartimages.com
wildweaselproductions.com AND h2ohotshotshots.com WHERE HE SHOWWCASES A LARGE
COLLECTION OF ART, PORTRAITS, AND EXTREME SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY
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