Therese
James has been painting and exhibiting for 15 years. She is a
naïve artist who works from a compulsion to recreate what she sees and
feels.
"I
hope my paintings tell you a story, bring back a memory or raise a
smile – most of all I hope they make you feel…
Lots
of my paintings reflect people or places that make me smile and feel
empathy towards the subject. It is the way I like to see the
world, a halfway house between ‘life’ and my imagination. I
recreate life into the cosy quirky way I like to see it.
There
is something quite wonderful about watching an ordinary autumn
afternoon: Fading light and school children spilling over the
streets
Wiry
dogs and scary cats blowing around with the leaves
Old
women with bright tams ad shopping trolleys brimming with shin beef and
carrots. Buses full of people going somewhere and nowhere
Animated
old men chatting on street corners. The glow of light
escaping through the unclosed afternoon curtains. Smoke
escaping from chimneys. And I see it all as it unfolds into
my next painting."
Featured
in Artists & Illustrators Magazine May 2005, examining
Therese’s naïve roots.
Featured in "Welsh Coastal Life" magazine July 2015 - 4 page colour article
2004
– Joint Exhibition – Neville Gallery West Wales
Summer
2005 – Solo Exhibition – Oriel Maker’s Gallery, Cardiff
Winter
2005 – Solo Exhibition – Muni Arts Gallery, Pontypridd
2006
– Selected works – Spring Fair, Birmingham
Summer
2006 – Joint Exhibition – Victoria Fearn Gallery, Cardiff
August
2006 – Selected Artist, Group Exhibition ‘Welsh Artist of the Year’
August
2006 – Invited Artist of ‘Countryside Council for Wales’ exhibition for
the Royal Welsh Show and Eisteddfod leading to publication of their
calendar.
December
2006 – Solo Exhibition, Art Matters, Tenby
September
2007 – Publication of Children’s Book (as illustrator)
Regularly
exhibits in Galleries in Wales and Cornwall.