Saturday, August 22, 2015

teaching upcoming night class in Westchester, NY

2015  This Fall, I'll be teaching another round of life drawing through the Hudson River Community Education (HRCE) program, on Thursday nights 6-8 pm in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Please pass this along to any creative, art-nerd people, all skill levels accepted... more info here:

http://www.dfsd.org/www/dfsd/site/hosting/HRCE/HRCECourseCatalog.pdf 




'Seneca' Portrait, 9 x 12, oil on panel

***

Introductory students doing "Bargue Copies" & re-interpreting some...




::CV::


James ‘Jaime’ Morren (1983) NY PAINTER & DRAFTSMAN
347 450 2321 - jamesmorren (at) gmail (dot) com / jamesmorren.blogspot.com

Exhibitions
2017
Salon des Independants, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London, CT
2016
‘Small Works’, Eleventh Street Arts, LIC, NY
‘Works on Paper’, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
2015
‘Painters on Location’, Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY
‘Recent Work’ (solo), An Beal Bocht Gallery, Bronx, NY
‘Still Howling’ Fundraiser / Group Exhibit for Wolfpatrol.org, Grand Rapids, MI
2014
‘Postcards from the Trail’, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, NY
‘70th Annual CT Artist Exhibition’, Slater Museum, Converse Gallery, Norwich, CT
2013
‘Hudson River Fellowship Exhibition’, Whitney Center, Jackson, NH (+ NY Salon)
‘Spring Exhibition’, Mechanics Institute, GCA studios, New York, NY
2012
‘Open House Fall Exhibition’, Mechanics Institute, New York, NY
2010
‘Awesome Reality’ Journal Release Showcases (two separate events), curated, promoted and organized artists and bands for events, at Silent Barn, Queens, NY & Titty City, Philadelphia, PA (coinciding with… 'Viewshed : Awesome Reality’ Journal; curated short stories and illustrations from various writers & artists, edited & self-produced)
2008
'Citywide Workers Art Exhibition', Salmagundi Gallery, New York, NY
2007
'Landscape Display' with NYCDPR, Center for Architecture, New York, NY 

Utterances 
Pennsylvania, Trevor. mention of performances/recordings, ‘Lazy Determination’, Dynatox Ministries, 2014
Ortega, Matt. short e mail interview for online ‘zine’, Sociotree dot com, 2010
Stein, Sara. featured volunteer landscape work in article 'Planting a Hedgerow Habitat: ‘Berrying’ the Pump Stations', Horticulture magazine, 2005.

Education / Fellowships / Residencies
Water Street Atelier / GCA (studied under Jacob Collins, Ted Minoff, Scott Waddell, Colleen Barry, Will St. John), 2011 – 2013
Hudson River Landscape School (Fellow), 2013
School of Visual Arts, PT Animation, 2007
Rutgers University, BS from Cook College, 2006
Lyme Academy (on Scholarship Award), Drawing Concentration, 2001
Clockwork Records Resident Artist 2017

Occupations
2010-Present: Assistant Artist, Teacher (Freelancer)
2006-Present: City of New York, Forester / Landscape Engineer with NYCDPR Capital Construction
2004-2006:   Rutgers Botanical Gardens, Resident Gardener
2005:            Rutgers University, Teacher’s Assistant (Design Studio)
2001-2003:   Laborer, Prep-Cook, Artist for Riotous Outburst Records and other bands


Wednesday, August 12, 2015

studio painting in the works

started working on a new studio painting, here's some beginnings… and then some studies of the subject & muse, Renata:


(grisaille early stage…)


(UPDATE: filling the figure out before background...)


 Coming up for Air is a tenative title... w/ graphite figure study; would it be lame to include fish or squids? lol...

 At Rest #1 (study), oil
At Rest #2

portrait sketches and studies



Joaquin, 2 years old  


"recline", 3 hr sketch

(filtered...) Tram, 3 hr sketch, 2013

 Susannah, 6 x 6 portrait, 2015 

 Renata, 2015


Renata, 2012



 To be Wedded, copy of a Васи́лий Васи́льевич Вереща́гин / Vereshchagin sketch  2011

 Jessica and the Woods, oil,  2014
oil 
Orientalism (Bargue copy), 2012

 Mary Jane, 8 x 11, grey scale study, 2013

Liz, 2014

Yer Grandfather, 2015, oil sketch

Noah - sketch, 2012


 Andre, oil sketch, 2015


Rashmi, graphite, 2013


Freddy, oil, 2015



Erica, in sketchbook, 2015



Jenna, oil, 2015

 Ennis, sketch, 2013

Ennis, sketch, 2013

Stoic, 2012



Mary Kate, 2016

(portraits can be done in one 2-3 hr sitting ... )


Anthony Roque, from a friend's photo / drawing in progress...