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Artist Galleries:
ON LINE DESIGN AND GALLERY
INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA
ARTISTS OF TAHOE
INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA
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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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MS CANDI WICHERT, INCLINE
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Commissions:
FIRST INDEPENDENT BANK OF
NEVADA
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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Artist Statement for James Graves
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JAMES FRANKLIN GRAVES
EXTREME SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER, ARTIST , CYBERARTIST AND FINE ART PRINTER.
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 CANVAS (PREMIEREART WATER RESISTANT) , FINE ART PAPER (SOMERSET VELVET) OR PREMIUM PHOTO PAPER (EITHER LUSTER OR SEMI-MATTE) BY THE ARTIST USING "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 ORIGINALS OF THE IMAGES THAT ARE CREATED AND STORED BY THE ARTIST IN CYBERSPACE.
AFTER TWELVE YEARS IN INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA ( LAKE TAHOE) WHERE HE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE GALLERIES AND BUSINESSES IN THE LAKE TAHOE/RENO AREAS INCLUDING INVALUABLE AND HIGHLY APPPRECIATED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE SIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION IN RENO.THE ARTIST HAS RELOCATED TO WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA (3O MILE 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 BULL RIDING AND SURFING
HE IS LOOKING FOR SEVERAL GALLERIES IN THE LOS ANGELES BASIN TO REPRESENT HIS WORK
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.
IN LATE 2002 AND EARLY 2003 HE TOOK HIS SEMI-PROFESSIONAL VIDEO EDITING ACTIVITIES IN HIS WORDS "ONE STEP BEYOND REALITY" AND REALIZING THAT HE WAS CREATING ART HAS CREATED AN EXTENSIVE BODY OF NEW WORK. INCLUDING THE FOLOWING;
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 SERIES
HIS WORK WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC FORTHE FIRST TIME IN MARCH 2003. (WITH HELP FROM FROM THE SIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION AND THE HERMITAGE GALLERY IN RENO, NEVADA).
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IN 2003 HE WAS INVITED TO SHOW HIS WORK IN AN EXHIBITION HOSTED BY THE SIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION BILLED AS THE BEST 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.
IN SEPTEMBER 2004 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 ON LAKE TAHOE IN THE SUMMER AND THE SIERRA NEVADA DOWNHI;LL RACING TEAM 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)
HIS WORK CAN BE VIEWED IN SELECTED BUSINESSES IN INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA INCLUDING PORTER SPORTS, VILLAGE MARKET, THE PACKAGING STORE. INCLINE DEMTAL, INCLINE HEALH,ALL ABOUT NAILS AND SIMONIUM CARPETS AND HIS WORK IS INCLUDED IN SEVERAL COLLCTIONS IN THE AREA.
PLEASE VISIT HIS WEB SITES AT cyberartimages.com and wildweaselproductions.com WHERE HE SHOWWCASES A LARGE COLLECTION OF ART, PORTRAITS, AND EXTREME SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY
©2007 JAMES GRAVES
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