![]() ![]() Plans to study History of Art at The Courtold Institute in London were shelved while attending Davies, Laing and Dick he had started his own antiques business with a weekend stand at Portobello Market in London. His parents travelled extensively in the pursuit of art and antiques, and James spent his teenage years schooling in Basel, Switzerland, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, on the East coast of the States and central France before returning to London to take his ‘A’ levels at Davies Laing and Dick, Notting Hill Gate. ![]() ![]() His education was as privileged as it was unconventional. Andrews Prep School, near Reading in Berkshire, as a boarder, and passed his common entrance exam aged twelve. James spent his early childhood in Devon. The structural integrity of his larger work is validated with structural plans and engineering calculations. He has made monumental sculptures for some of the most respected construction companies in the world, Candy and Candy of the UK, Vanke of China and Primary Structures of the Philippines to name but a few. His public work can be seen throughout the world both outdoors in highly exposed areas and indoors in the world’s best-known Botanical gardens. James is one of the world’s leading driftwood animal artists and is unique among his peers in his ability to make monumental sculptures of long dead wood that will stand the test of time and the elements. ![]()
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