(John) David James
Raised in Strachan Creek B.C.
Lives and works on Salt Spring Island
A self taught, Canadian artist (John) David James has worked his way though medium and subject matter. As a painter, filmmaker, sculptor and photographer he is well versed in many disciplines. James emerged in the late 1990s. His earliest works, in which he utilized the use of presenting art as the foundation to create his work, were based on a understanding of the conceptual ideology of the artist being both the creator and the viewer. His subjects are most often presented as large-scale photographs of his creations.