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ABOUT THE ARTIST
 Born
in Charleston, James Christopher Hill, has gained quite a solid reputation
as a regional artist across the southeastern United States. His works capture
the various moods of nature and people through the use of color, line and
form.
Although a professional artist in the early 90’s, James received formal
training at the prestigious Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota,
FL. In 1998, he graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer
Animation; a field that focused mainly on the understanding and discipline
of master drawing and painting skills. His senior thesis entitled "Jataka" took
home the Gold Oscar in the category of Best Student Computer Animation in
1998 from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1999, James
returned to the fine art and after only a few months working in the art field,
his name and reputation as a talented artist has rapidly become known in
the low country.
While James is developing a growing number of private  collectors,
his commercial clientele list includes Roper West Ashley Surgery Center,
Cypress Gardens, the Folly Beach Crab Shack, Planet Follywood, and Mellow
Mushroom downtown. Planet Follywood has an outdoor mural which is over 750
square feet in size and contains 14 life-size representations of some of
Hollywood's most famous celebrities of the 1950's. He has been profiled on
Channel Five’s Carolina Camera, the Post and Courier,
the Charleston City Paper and the Goose Creek Gazette for whom he led the
artists of the Goose Creek Art Guild in the creation of a mural representing
the history of Berkeley County. James has won numerous awards in art and
computer animation and has lately been invited to display his art in a private
show displaying with some of Charleston's and the nation's most prominent
artists including Tom Durham, Eva Carter, John Doyle, Charles De Antonio
and Manning Williams. James was also awarded the honor of having been chosen
as this year's artist for the 2005 Save the Light Run for the Morris Island
Light House.
His work continues to explore the use of color and rhythm to
create moving images that seek to provoke a particular mood or emotion by
invoking a memory that is meaningful to the viewer. His latest works include
a study of the massive power inside thunderstorms and lightning strikes including
a 6'x10' oil of a storm entitled "Tempest". His
last solo show was displayed for the month of September at the Cigar Factory
downtown. Coming soon will be a new show of his latest creations focusing
on the awesome power of nature.
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