Ralph Grady James

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Capture the last flowers of summer

“Earth laughs in flowers.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enchantment of Forsythia, 24 x 24, oil on linen

After the Snow, 16 x 20, oil on linen
Mums and Merlot, 12 x 9, oil 
Winter Blossoms, 11 x 14, oil on linen

Contemplative, 16 x 20, oil on linen


Peonies and Brass, 16 x 20, oil on linen
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Honors

"Voyages into the Sublime - Ralph Grady James captures the movement of the natural world", Southwest Art, June 2017

Finalist—Animal/Wildlife category. The Artist Magazine 32nd Annual Art Competition, December 2015 Issue

“Artists to Watch—Ralph Grady James, A Slice of Heaven.” Southwest Art, September 2014

Featured Artist, “Germanton Gallery Miniature Showcase.” American Art Collector, December 2013

Featured, “Petite Perspectives, Collecting Small Works & Miniatures,” American Art Collector, November 2012

Featured, “2012 Howard Mandville Anniversary Show,” Southwest Art, June 2012

Featured, “An Artistic Journey,” Winston-Salem Monthly, July 2011

Juried Shows

2017 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau WI

2016 American Impressionist Society National Exhibition, Howard Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA

2016 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition, Elise Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2015 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau WI, (selected for the 2016 national tour)

2015 Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT (2015)

2014 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau WI,(selected for the 2015 national tour and purchased for the museum’s permanent collection)

2013 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau WI,(selected for the 2014 national tour)

2012 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau WI,(selected for the 2013 national tour and purchased for the museum’s permanent collection)

“Laumeister Fine Art Competition,” Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington VT 2011 Laumeister Fine Art Competition, Honorable Mention, Top Five Viewers Choice Award

2011 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau WI,(selected for the 2012 national tour)

Paint America’s “Paint the Parks” 2010 Top 100 artist, juried exhibition and national tour

American Impressionist Society, 2010 National Juried Exhibition

2009 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau WI,(selected for the 2010 national tour and purchased for the museum’s permanent collection).

“Salon International,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX (2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007)

Collections

NC Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh, NC)

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum (Wausau, WI)

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centers (Winston-Salem, NC)

Edward Dare Gallery (Charleston, SC)

Edward Dare Gallery (Charleston, SC)

Germanton Gallery (Germanton, NC)

Germanton Gallery (Germanton, NC)

Howard/Mandville Gallery (Kirkland, WA)

Howard/Mandville Gallery (Kirkland, WA)

Saks Galleries (Denver, CO)

Saks Galleries (Denver, CO)

Sandpiper Gallery (Sullivan's Island, SC)

Sandpiper Gallery (Sullivan's Island, SC)

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