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James Montgomery

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  • James’ Dream II
  • Putanesca
  • SPCA Dog
  • Time
  • Time Is!
  • Watches
  • Watches and Crosses
  • Watches on Red
James Montgomery
James Montgomery

James Montgomery was born in Marin County, California in 1936. He has been working at Creativity Explored since 1993.

Montgomery uses a variety of media with great proficiency, including pastels, acrylics, watercolors, tempera, pencils, inks, chalk, found objects, and mixed media.

The iconography of Montgomery’s art centers on watches, numbers, sewer covers, and bridges. Watches are especially relevant as James collects them, often wearing eight at one time. His graphically powerful works are often composed of line drawings of repeating watches, covering the picture plane in overlapping layers. Recently Montgomery has utilized his trademark washes of color in portraits, landscapes, and marine scenes.

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2008

    • It’s About Time, California Institute of Integral Studies
    • Finders Keepers, Creativity Explored

  • 2007

    • Transmissions, Creativity Explored
    • Shadowshine, Creativity Explored
    • Outsider Art Fair, New York City
    • Seeing Memory, Creativity Explored

  • 2006

    • SF Notables Portrait Auction, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
    • Vessels, Creativity Explored
    • Avalon Mission Bay Permanent Collection, San Francisco

  • 2005

    • Wear To Go, Creativity Explored

  • 2003

    • Lit, Creativity Explored

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