Portfolio update 2021.8

“Eternal Thoughts”
pencil on board
24″ x 36″
(under-sketch for the painting)

“Living Under Shadows”
clay and acrylic
10″ x 10.5″ x 1.25″

“Historic Spring”
clay and acrylic
10.5″ x 11.75″ x 1.5″

Life Cycle series of paintings by James Day — Abstract World – Historic Spring – Life Cycle
3′ x 4′ x 1″
wrapped canvas
signed editions

Untitled
clay and acrylic
8″ x 11″ x 4.5″

“Abstract World”
acrylic on board
24″ x 36″

Abstract World painting in studio — “Abstract World”
acrylic on board
24″ x 36″

Untitled clay sculpture — Untitled
clay
work in progress

Untitled figurative sculpture — Untitled
clay
work in progress

Untitled clay figurative sculptures — Untitled
clay
(detail)

Clay figurative sculpture — Untitled
clay
(in studio detail)

Clay figurative sculptures works in progress — Works in progress
clay
(in studio detail)

Detail of a clay figurative sculpture — Untitled
clay
(in studio detail)

Figurative nude clay sculpture — Standing Nude
clay
13.75″ x 3.75″ x 2.25″

Finely detailed hand carved clay hands and arms reaching up — Part of a larger work
clay
(in studio detail)

Dreaming hand made high bas relief clay sculpture — “Dreaming”
clay
8.5″ x 10″ x 3.75″

Life size clay figurative sculpture titled Personal Prison — “Personal Prison”
clay
life-size

Life size clay head sculpted to go with hands and arms — “Personal Prison”
clay
life-size
(head detail)

Clay hands are positioned and carved to fit — “Personal Prison”
clay
life-size
(in studio detail)

Close up showing the process of hand carving finger nails and wrinkles from semi dry clay — “Personal Prison”
clay
life-size
(in studio detail)

Hand carved clay sculpture of waves colliding together titled Waves Collide — “Waves Collide”
clay
4″ x 4″ x 5″
(in studio detail)

Hand carved landscape pinch pot of a tree — Landscape Pinch Pot
clay
2.5″ x 2.5″ x 2’5″

Clay carving of a surreal flower sitting atop a braided wood stem — Untitled
clay
(detail)

Hand painted acrylic reproduction of a painting by the artist Vermeer — Vermeer
[reproduction]
acrylic on board
11″ x 14″
(detail)

Clay sculpture showing surreal clouds floating over green fields — “Rolling Fields of Green”
clay
12″ x 9.5″ x 2.75″
(detail)

A clay sculpture reproduction of artist Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist painting — “The Old Guitarist”
[reproduction]
clay and acrylic
7.5″ x 6.75″ x 4.5″

Hand carved clay sculpture of ancient Egyptian architecture adorned with statues and murals — Untitled
clay
Egyptian themed carving
8.5″ x 7.25″ x 3″

Egyptian tomb raider themed custom hand made shadow box — Egyptian themed shadow box
clay, wood, acrylic, paper, wire, pen and ink
12″ x 10″ x 2.75″

Work in progress images of a realistic male head — Work in progress
sculpey and acrylic
(in studio detail)

Hand made Baby Yoda clay sculpture commissioned by a client — “Baby Yoda”
sculpey, wire, acrylic
11.75″ x 10″ x 9.5″
(custom commissioned character art)

Photos in studio making Baby Yoda — Making of “Baby Yoda”
sculpey
11.75″ x 10″ x 9.5″
(in studio detail)

Making of Baby Yoda — Making “Baby Yoda”
sculpey
11.75″ x 10″ x 9.5″
(in studio detail)

Customer being presented with the finished custom Baby Yoda — The client holding the finished Baby Yoda commission for the first time.

Cordova clay portrait carving — Cordova portrait
clay
16″ x 18″ x 1.5″
family memorial art

MI OWN Collection book cover art — MI OWN Collection for Him
vector graphics
custom book cover design

Custom book cover design titled Night Terrors — Night Terrors
vector graphics
custom book cover design

3D architectural mockup of Old School building — Old School
3D modeling
(work in progress)

My work and direction:

Drawing and clay, go back as far as I can remember. They were my entertainment and refuge when I needed them. They have also been my core mediums.

I learned to paint by glazing and painting my clay work over the years. That made a smooth transition to eventually painting on canvas and board.

Forward past endless years of studio time, to the moment I was introduced to vector graphics and Photoshop 20 years ago. That feeling of being on the precipice of unfathomable possibilities, I feel today in regards to 3D software. I find ZBrush and Blender fascinating, reminiscent of my early years in clay. The possibilities are endless.