James Hartman

A Village on the Bay, Oil Painting

2021

Artist Comments
"I chose this vantage point looking from above at a row of houses on the San Francisco Bay," says artist James Hartman. James and his painting friends gained access to a guarded, abandoned wine storage facility. "The views there are stunning in all directions. This painting is based on studies done on location."

About the Artist
When James Hartman was in art school, he became fascinated with the Society of Six, a group of artists who painted en plein air (outdoors) and exhibited together in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th Century. James's paintings of the Northern California landscape pay tribute to some of the great Bay Area artists of the past. His expressive scenes feel alive through his vibrant use of color and his painterly brushwork. James’s paintings have an immediate visual impact from a distance, yet up close, dissolve into a series of confident marks and strokes. There is a simultaneous complexity and steadiness in his flattened, color-blocked planes. Knowledge and observation are essential elements of James’s working practice. To this end, he spends a large proportion of his time painting on location. His body of work captures the fresh and sunlit essence of the coastal California hills.

Words that describe this painting: California, abstract, modern, vista, houses, homes, landscape, San Francisco Bay Area, trees, ocean, cheerful, coast, shore, road, street, neighborhood, landscape, representational, modern , oil painting, green

A Village on the Bay
James Hartman
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2021
22.5 in. h x 22.5 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 10 oz.