Jim Pescott

"When I was in my mid-forties, I remember thinking about how I wished I was 65 and able to do the things I wanted to do.

Two things about this: one was in that moment I'd really forgotten what it was that I really wanted to do, and the other was that I suddenly realized I had just wished about 20 years of my life away. Over the next couple years I took some action around both points to set things in place to leave what I was about in corporate life to become an artist. And this also means teaching myself to paint landscapes: in this, and through my paint brush, I also began using dots as my only brushstroke and style.  

Here's some background information about what has happened for me as an artist:

Overall I've been painting for about 25 year: I'm self-taught and have always a contemporary pointillist painting style.

As an artist, my desire is to paint feelings of light, joy and harmony in my landscapes. My studio is in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

My artwork has exhibited in many international locations including events in France, Italy, Brazil, Monaco and the USA. And I exhibited artwork annually for six years (2011 to 2016) the juried-entry Salon held by the historic Societe National des Beaux-Artes ( SNBA ) at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris France.  

In 2014, I received a medal award recognition from France's national Academie Arts-Sciences-Lettres.

And in 2012, ArtTour International magazine wrote about me as a 'master pointillist': the magazine further recognised my work with an award for "Excellence in The Arts and Outstanding Career Achievement".