James Ellis, Painter:
"I follow the painting style rooted in 18th and 19th century realism or naturalism. As an artist, I explore an historical and natural journey through time along the North Shore of Minnesota from Duluth to the Canadian border. Each landscape illustrates my interpretation in oil of the Arrowhead of Minnesota’s physical features, past and present. Featured works tell the stories of Lake Superior and its impact on the shoreline and man’s desire for progress versus the elements. Select works tell stories passed down through oral tradition depicting the significance of natural elements to the Ojibwa People. Although my work encompasses more than the North Shore, my primary focus and philosophy has been to preserve the natural composition that the North Shore of Lake Superior provides and document places that in time will be lost or forgotten.”
"It is my sincere hope that my art may occupy a space in your home for friends, family and you to linger and remember very special places."
"For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands." - Isaiah 55:12
"As an oil painter using the alla prima technique, my brush and palette knife transform blank canvas into a visual short story, each page preserving a memory."