Surrounding himself with the
packaging as a way of
preserving the pyrotechnic
experience, James began
examining the images which
decorate many of these pieces.
The inspiration occurred to
utilize the packaging itself
in the medium of collage to
accomplish his objective; the
capture of a firework display
frozen in time. "When an
artist invents one's own realm
within a fixed media, it is a
revolutionary thing," James
said. "I was studying the
packaging when my imagination
began to compose scapes from
these tight registration
prints -- prints that are
literally designated to
explode. From the color...

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