For this body of work, King not only uses oils, but adds a few other mediums to the mix clarifying that he still loves oils and “will never tire of what they can do but watercolour, gouache and ink are so much fun, and the unpredictability of those mediums bring such delight.” Mr Minty adding that “his use of a soft, almost ‘vintage' colour palette is a signature.” Mr Minty declares that, “there’s a fabulous quirkiness in many of James’ works. Sometimes extreme and sometimes subtle. James has an incredible ability to capture a moment with a lot of his works evoking a blink of the eye moment, a head turn, a look up or a click of the camera lens. He paints vintage photographs beautifully, but they always have his signature look and feel. James’ work really does make me smile.”
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