James Mortimer
James Mortimer (born 1989, Swindon) is a Bath-based artist.
He is best known for his paintings depicting obsessively-detailed landscapes and interiors, where human figures and animals interact in provocative and macabre scenarios. The primordial and the visceral are recurring themes in recent work, with erupting volcanoes, burning houses, and large bodies of water featuring heavily. Around all these, nude and partially-clothed figures cavort with and attack one another, or are seen being savaged by dogs or eaten alive by sharks and crocodiles – the theme of ‘being eaten alive’ being a recurring obsession.
James studied sculpture at the Bath School of Art and Design, receiving the Kenneth Armitage Prize for Sculpture. In 2018 he was selected for the Royal Academy 250th Summer Exhibition with the bronze ‘Crocodile Head’, and is shown frequently with various gallery exhibitions. He lives and works in the UK.
Works
Paintings
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Ram Man Oil on canvas
137 x 152cm
2020
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Baboon Oil on canvas
121 x 152cm
2019
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Lake Islands Oil on canvas
243 x 182cm
2019
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Lake Islands – island women detail 243 x 182cm
2019
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Camel Woman Oil on canvas
61 x 46cm
2019
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Sheep Man Oil on canvas
51 x 41cm
2019
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Landscape with Dogs and Goats Oil on canvas
243 x 182cm
2017
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Drawing
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Water Triptych Pen and ink
88 x 74cm
2017
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Shark Island Pen and ink
24 x 30cm
2017
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Sculpture
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Animal Vase Ceramic
39 x 61cm
2017
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Fish Vase Ceramic
36 x 48cm
2016
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Crocodile Head (Royal Academy 2018) Cast bronze
27 x 105cm
2016
Edition of 9 plus 1 artist’s proof
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