An original acrylic fine art painting
by Jim Campbell
Title: Calming Waters
Rock jetties add a barrier of protection for boats as they
travel to and from rough waters. This abstract painting is
of a sailboat as it returns to safer waters.
Medium: acrylic
Surface: canvas panel
Size: Approx. 16” x 20”
Frame: not included.
Note: The painting is signed on the front and back.
Colors look different on different computer monitors.
close-up detail of painting
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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jim
Campbell
Professional
illustrator, cartoonist, photographer, graphics designer, and fine art painter.
Worked
as the creative director and art director for newspapers and advertising
agencies.
Experience as:
- a newspaper photographer and illustrator.
- a syndicated newspaper cartoonist.
Attended
the Kansas City Art Institute and the Maryland Institute College of Art.
My artwork is sold in many fine art galleries, frame shops, and gift shops.
WORLD
RECORD ARTIST:
Public
Painting - With the
help of 25,297 people, Jim Campbell created a fine art painting measuring
48-feet long and 8-feet tall. The project took him 4 years to complete.
This
fine art painting was recognized by The Texas State House of Representatives (House
Resolution H.R. No. 655), and was certified as a world record by Guinness
World Records (category: Most painters, One Picture). The
artwork is compiled of 12 separate "stand-alone" pictures or scenes.
Each scene is painted on a 4-foot by 8-foot hardwood panel. The final picture is
complete when all 12 scenes are assembled. The participating painters represent 844
44 of the 50 United States
, and 21 foreign countries. The final painting was unveiled at the Texas State
Capitol (Austin), and later exhibited on Capitol Hill in
Newspaper
Sculpture -
52,325 newspapers
were rolled and stacked in front of a Colorado
newspaper office.
People have a tendency to let old newspapers pile up. Artist Jim Campbell took this idea to the extreme when he suggested stacking 52,325 rolled newspapers. He convinced the directors of the Pueblo (CO) Chieftain to save their "spoils" or over-run newspapers for two-and-a-half months. The papers were then rolled, bundled and stacked. Employees assembled the newspaper sculpture in 15 hours. The final creation stood the height of a three-story building and weighted about 7.5 tons. Campbell 's idea, timed in conjunction with International Newspaper Carrier Week, graphically showed the number of newspapers Chieftain-carriers delivered every day. The sculpture was dismantled and the newspapers were recycled. The recycling money was donated to a local charity.
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