** This artist was honored as "Artist of the Month" in August 2010 **

Jim Horton, an artist and native of North Carolina, works in a Romantic Modern Style with a theatrical quality. His work is bold with direct statements, playing strong contrasts between darks and lights, giving close attention to lighting and the effects of lighting. The focal point pulls the viewer into the art then the viewer’s eyes drift around the piece as he is lead by the designs, shapes and color. Mr. Horton’s palette in painting is a full range of brilliant colors.

 

His background has been senior art director for several advertising agencies in Chicago, Illinois, as well as art instructor for colleges in Illinois and North Carolina. He is now retired from the commercial art field and dedicates his time to the fine arts produced in his studio. He has paintings and sculpture in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Canada.

 

His inspiration for many of his Mediterranean painting are due to his painting workshops he has conducted in Europe. His Low Country Coastal paintings are the results of living in the environment of the Southern United States Coastal Areas.