James Koskinas Art
James Koskinas was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1947. He is a painter, writer, actor and co-creator of the film, The Twilight Angel as well as a play, Even if The Mountains Burn. Currently, Koskinas lives, works, paints and writes in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Julie Schumer, also a painter. The figure is koskinas’s primary theme, part of his quest to know the human condition. He attempts to paint as automatically as possible which is intended to bring forth elements of his unconscious. He adds layers of paint until the original painting has been covered over many times, working at a rapid pace. He usually has more than one painting going at the same time. Influenced by Native American mythology, Koskinas sees the role of the artist as akin to that of a shaman, trusting his instincts and freeing the figure from the customary restraints that painting imposes. A chance meeting with a lost stallion on an Arizona highway set in motion Koskinas’s lifetime obsession with painting horses. Lately, he has added a rider to his horses. The riders have become self-portraits and a search for unity between the horse and man.
2010s Cubist James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s New Media James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s American Modern James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Synthetic Cubist James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Synthetic Cubist James Koskinas Art
Acrylic, Archival Paper
1980s Modern James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century American Modern James Koskinas Art
Oil, Masonite
1980s Realist James Koskinas Art
Acrylic, Canvas
1970s Realist James Koskinas Art
Acrylic, Canvas
1970s Cubist James Koskinas Art
Lithograph
2010s Modern James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
1970s American Modern James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
1940s American Modern James Koskinas Art
Oil
2010s Abstract James Koskinas Art
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
1960s Cubist James Koskinas Art
Other Medium
2010s Pop Art James Koskinas Art
Mixed Media, Graphite, Film, Acrylic, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern James Koskinas Art
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Abstract Impressionist James Koskinas Art
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Impressionist James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s James Koskinas Art
Canvas, Acrylic