james t. sturnfield

My mission as a visual artist is to capture and explore a deep, honest range of emotions that come with the human condition and all that it’s worth. I aim to evoke certain feelings void of judgment. This is seen through the sensations I create such as light, color, depth, and exigent moods, making it easy for the viewer to be pulled in, escape into my world, and imagine as if it’s truly real. In doing so, my intention is to address common themes that often go silent, unite people through common thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and to provide nonverbal, empathetic, and therapeutic explanations for the things that are important to my viewers.

My art creates an imaginative world you feel you can literally step into, with vibrant colors, movement, sensation, and emotive portrayal that lend a safe, inclusive space for us all to address the thoughts that may make us feel unsafe… and to release them.