Growing up in a creative family in New York city was the perfect environment for Jim Walsh who now paints as J. Charles. "My family appreciates art and they encouraged me to follow my passion for drawing and painting."
Following a stint in the US Navy he felt the need to wander and hitch-hiked across the country and settled in California…for awhile. From there he moved back east to Montreal, Canada, and eventually traveled out to Alberta where he apprenticed as a sign painter and eventually open his own sign company. Relocating to the West Coast opened up a new world and provided him with an environment where he could concentrate on and fine tune his artistic ta...
"Beauty is truth and truth is beauty" - Ruskin.
Olivia Long expresses both, through the art she has created. From the meticulous detail in her botanical renderings, to the lush density displayed in texture and abstracted forms, Olivia has suffused all with rarely matched skill. Sensitivity to colour and the ever changing character of light, displays an awareness acquired while residing in Asia and Europe. An intimacy of time and place is evident within the grandeur of Olivia's landscapes. Her floral interpretation of still life is juxtaposed with the richness of materials and thought.
