ABOUT THE ARTIST Jimmy James Greene is a well known artist and educator. Since his childhood in Xenia, Ohio, Jimmy James has shown exceptional artistic ability. Jimmy James has shared “I think in pictures usually; I’m just wired that way…That’s why I create, it flows through me.” After apprenticing with acclaimed afro-centric muralist, Jon Onye Lockhard, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Greene graduated from The Rhode Island School of Design and also earned his Master’s degree. For the past 25 years, his work has explored the communal expressions of the African Diaspora in general and the African American experience in particular. Jimmy James’ work has been shown in over 30 solo exhibitions and innumerable group showings. As a commercial artist, he has theater posters, CD covers, newspaper, magazine and book cover illustrations to his credit. One of his well known public works is The Children's Cathedral mural commissioned by the NY Transit Authority located at Utica Avenue Subway Station in Brooklyn, NY. Another public commission was for a mural in the Herbert Von King Park amphitheater in Bed-Stuy. He has gone on to become an accomplished painter, collagist, draftsman and designer.
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Gullah Geechee Spirits Graphite pencil 22" x 30"
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