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Artist Statement -



I have often been asked why I paint homeless people or people on an emotional knife edge. From a very early age I had always wanted to paint those people who are the victims, I do not know why, why would a young boy want to sketch a homeless person rather than a still life, a landscape or a portrait of someone that they know I firmly believe there are some questions that you can not answer, sometimes your heart tells you something and you just have to follow it no matter where it takes you. This is how I feel. When I paint a still life or any other subject my heart is not there, there is no emotion yet when I paint a person that has the misfortune of constantly having to walk on a cliffs edge and whose emotions are stretched to the limit my heart beats faster, my emotions fight with the image, the image is the subject and it is me. I have been told by many to change subject matters to those that would look nice on someones wall. I do not want to. When someone purchases one of my paintings they are purchasing a bit of me, a canvas battleground of emotion. This is my calling.
I have met some of the nicest and true people that I have ever met on the streets, people who smile and laugh when their physical and emotional pain almost forbids them. If I can raise awareness of this issue through my art then I am a truly happy man as I have achieved what I was told to do.
James Earley 2020

Artist Exhibitions



2013 Seven Artists Exhibition at the Strand Gallery London
2015 Nominated for the British Portrait award
2015 Nominated for the Royal Society of Oil Painters
2015 Nominated for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters
2016 Royal Society of British Artists Group Exhibition at the Mall Gallery London
2016 Nominated for the British Portrait Award
2016 Nominated for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
2017 Exhibited at Four Seasons Art Fair Amsterdam
2017 Exhibited at Equinox Madrid
2017 Featured on front cover of International Art Magazine
2018 Exhibited in a group exhibition called “Faces of Humanity 2018” Organised by G25N Gallery
2018 Featured in Prestigious Internationale Kunst Heute 2018
2018 Exhibited at the Other Art Fair Bristol
2018 Shortlisted for Art Gemini Prize
2018 Exhibited at the Menier Gallery London.
2018 Art Gemini Prize 2018 finalists London
2019 Exhibited at The Sinclair Gallery London
2019 Shortlisted for The British Portrait award
2019 Exhibited at The Gallery 101 London
2019 Exhibited at The London Biennale
2019 Shortlisted for The Sunny Art Prize
2019 Winner of the International Prize Michelangelo
2019 Winner of First Prize at The London Biennale
2019 Winner of The Giotto International Prize
2019 Solo Exhibition at The Southampton Art Gallery
2020 Solo Exhibition at The Sinclair Gallery
2020 Shortlisted for the British Portrait Award
2020 Winner of The Leonardo da Vinci invitation Prize
2020 UK representative at The International Norman Biennale.
2020 Winner of The International Artist of The Year by The Art International Contemporary Magazine
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Artist Publications



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Artist Collections



Susan Public Collection St Bartholomews Hospital, London, UK

Wires Public Collection Crown Prosecution Service London UK

Czeslawa Kwoka Private Collection Bloomsbury One World Publishing London UK

Alan Private Collection London UK

The Ostrich and The Sand Private Collection London UK

Kathleen Private Collection UK London

Equal Private Collection Vienna Austria

Jim and The Pause Private Collection Paris France

Gordon and his Secret Private Collection London UK

King Bob and his Treasure Private Collection Vienna Austria

Robert and Jane Private Collection London UK

Michael Private Collection Vienna Austria

The Scream Private Collection USA

Betrayal Private Collection London UK

Childhood Private Collection Germany

Rage Private Collection Bristol UK

Jim Private collection London UK

The Red Road Private collection London UK

Sam Private Collection China

Dont Look Private Collection Amsterdam Holland

The Sermon in Madrid Private Collection Manchester UK

30155 Private Collection London UK

Mother Private Collection London UK

Shadows Private Collection Bristol UK

Mary Private Collection Amsterdam Holland

Black and Red Lines Private Collection USA

Stop and Cross Private Collection USA

Chains Private Collection USA

Black and White Lines Private Collection Bristol UK

Home Private Collection Cyprus

He is Silent Now Private Collection Bristol UK

Chester Private Collection Dublin, Ireland

Matthew Private Collection Amsterdam, Holland

Violet and Blue Silence Private Collection USA

Clearance Private Collection USA

La Vie Est Belle Private Collection Amsterdam, Holland

Homeless Man Carcassonne Private Collection Amsterdam, Holland

Pain Private Collection Amsterdam, Holland

Homeless Man Toulouse Private Collection London, UK

James Earley Self Portrait Private Collection Colchester, UK
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Artist Favorites