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About James Darum's
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"Happy Hour"
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Each Darum painting is gallery-wrapped -- stretched around an internal frame -- allowing canvas and surroundings to merge seamlessly. The overall impact is three-dimensional. These drovers, sheriffs and cowpokes could step right off he wall. James Darum's mischievous world surprises us moment by moment. A master of ambiguous visual perspective, Darum populates his compositions with outsized and out-of-scale elements, searing colors, and oddly out-of-place patterns and objects. And always outlandish mustaches. We know these cowboys, yet the longer we look, the more they startle us. Leaving preconceived notions far behind, we smile. |
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About the Artist
Darum's mature sensibility as an artist is reflected in his rare ability to present exaggerated, whimsical characters without devolving into caricature. The outrageous style and sass of his cowboys never undermine the obvious esteem in which he holds them. His unerring capacity to reflect what we read into mythic figures renders his creations astute character studies -- about us.
James Darum's work has found
homes around the world from bar rooms to board rooms. His
paintings make their own unique statements in a language that is
universally understood. Clean, crisp and uncluttered they fit easily
into almost any decorative scheme. |
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"Dust Busters" |
About James Darum Giclees
The giclee (French for "spray" or "spurt") process brings the full potential of digital scanning and printing technology to the world of fine art. The giclee printer, designed and built solely for fine art printing, achieves a previously unheard of degree of resolution and clarity. At one-and-a-half million tiny dots of pigment per second, it far outstrips even the best lithographs and serigraphs. James Darum giclees are available in various sizes and prices, from 16" x 20" for $350 up to 48" x 60" for $2150. Whatever your decorating needs and space or budgetary requirements, a Darum painting can add color and enjoyment to your immediate surroundings.
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About Gallery Wrap and Framing
Lightweight and easy-to-hang, gallery wrap construction turns a flat canvas into a three dimensional piece, bringing the image 2-1/2 inches closer than the plane of the wall behind it. James Darum takes advantage of gallery wrap's compositional possibilities by painting the "edges" of many pieces. Sleeves, hats and elbows may wrap right around the frame, adding to the illusion that his painted characters have full dimensional mass and form.
In choosing art for home, work or
play, gallery wrap affords a unique decorating advantage. A
gallery-wrapped canvas interacts freely with the wall without the
interruption of a surrounding frame. In a Darum painting the
empty background space merges with the wall around it and
vice-versa. James Darum's distinctive compositions thus blend
effortlessly into any environment. |
"Chaps" |
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