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James O’Shea

James O’Shea brings a refreshing approach to contemporary abstraction in paintings that combine a lyrical and passionate application of materials within a sophisticated compositional structure. O’Shea works with a variety of materials including oil paint, nail polish and wax on supports of canvas, mylar and board. The paintings revel in the artist’s pleasure with his materials - the intensity of their colors, their weight as pigment and their exuberance of application - and speak to the artist’s eloquent directness.

James O’Shea was born in Buffalo, NY. He attended the City and Guilds of London Art School, studying with Eric Morby, and attended Goldsmith’s College, University of London, majoring in printmaking. His work is included in many private collections and has been exhibited at the Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY and the Guildhall in London, England. Since 1975 the artist has divided his time between New York City and the Hudson River Valley.