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Born 1969 Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Native American figure, portrait.
James Ayers of Flagstaff, Arizona paints Native American figures and portraits to recapture lost cultures. The artist combines historical research, live models and his own personal experiences of... Read full biography
James Ayers of Flagstaff, Arizona paints Native American figures and portraits to recapture lost cultures. The artist combines historical research, live models and his own personal experiences of traveling and living with indigenous people in North America and Africa in his paintings. Ayers was... Read full biography
James Ayers of Flagstaff, Arizona paints Native American figures and portraits to recapture lost cultures. The artist combines historical research, live models and his own personal experiences of traveling and living with indigenous people in North America and Africa in his paintings. Ayers was adopted by a Greek-American family in Boston when he was three months old. His birth father was African American and his birth mother was of German-Welsh lineage. The young artist did well in art classes... Read full biography
James Ayers of Flagstaff, Arizona paints Native American figures and portraits to recapture lost cultures. The artist combines historical research, live models and his own personal experiences of traveling and living with indigenous people in North America and Africa in his paintings. Ayers was adopted by a Greek-American family in Boston when he was three months old. His birth father was African American and his birth mother was of German-Welsh lineage. The young artist did well in art classes and found inspiration on his many trips to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Ayers attended the Rhode Island School of Design and majored in illustration and focused on figurative works and portraits. After college he ventured on trip a through... Read full biography
James Ayers of Flagstaff, Arizona paints Native American figures and portraits to recapture lost cultures. The artist combines historical research, live models and his own personal experiences of traveling and living with indigenous people in North America and Africa in his paintings. Ayers was adopted by a Greek-American family in Boston when he was three months old. His birth father was African American and his birth mother was of German-Welsh lineage. The young artist did well in art classes and found inspiration on his many trips to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Ayers attended the Rhode Island School of Design and majored in illustration and focused on figurative works and portraits. After college he ventured on trip a through Kenya's Rift Valley at one point he and his companions lost their guide and supplies. For three days the artist wandered the area without food tho... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
Art School
- •Rhode Island School of Design, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950