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The Dollar, Thistle and Bomb,
2021
James Earley
Painting : oil
77 x 52 x 4 cm 30.3 x 20.5 x 1.6 inch
€3,452
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Dimensions cm • inch
77 x 52 x 4 cm 30.3 x 20.5 x 1.6 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Framing
Black wood flush chassis
Artwork dimensions including frame
83 x 58 x 5 cm 32.7 x 22.8 x 2 inch
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Artwork location: United Kingdom
I am an Artist that paints in a realism style, I paint hyperrealism portraits but above all I try to paint raw emotion.
Emotion on a canvas has to be a direct line from my heart to the artwork and it is this rage about the war in Yemen that made me determined to paint an artwork focusing on the plight of the children in The Yemen.
I remember reading the following headline: “The war in The Yemen has seen as of 2021 18,400 civilians killed and remains the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. In 2021 over two thirds of the population of The Yemen requires food assistance” Human Rights Watch 2021. At the same time I saw an old Time Magazine cover showing a US soldier in Iraq with the headline “What Will It Take To Win”. I immediately thought of the real victims of war, the civilians and in particular the children. I thought of the brave children of the Yemen who have lived through this relentless war since 2014. The question “What will it take to win?” hit me hard. Is anything worth winning if such slaughter occurs in reaching that finishing line?
I wish I could change the world, stop the cruelty and slaughter. The only way that I can make a change, the only way that I can express myself is through art.
I started this painting priming the canvas red. I had four things that I knew had to be in this artwork. Firstly a young girl from the Yemen, exhausted and traumatised clutching something good, something soft amongst all the spikes of war. I wanted to paint an unexploded bomb just about to go off as a dollar flies by which tells us the real reason for these wars. In the corner is a thistle, a beautiful flower, strong, robust and resilient. The thistle is the child of war.
I hope that when you look at this artwork you see a battleground of emotion and a painting that will ask you a different question every time that you look at it.
“The Dollar, Thistle and Bomb” was part of the acclaimed and important exhibition “A Canvas Of Courage” which was organised by Artvocate and Amnesty International in London in 2023.
ORIGINAL ART BY James Earley- "The Dollar, Thistle and Bomb" is an original oil painting. Only the highest quality archival fine art grade oil paints are used (Michael Harding Oil Paints). The painting will come with a signed Certificate Of Authenticity.
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Presentation
James first came to prominence in 2013 when he was chosen to be a part of The Art Investors’ acclaimed 2013 “Seven Artists Exhibition”, this exhibition was held at London’s Strand Gallery and focused on 7 of the very best young Artists in the world. James’ display of his portrayal of famous musicians was much publicised.
His work took another route in 2015 with his powerful and emotional studies of homeless people, victims of war and religious martyrs. This work took him to another level in the art world as he was nominated by The BP award, The Royal Institute of Oil Painters and The Royal Institute Of Portrait Painters culminating in his work being displayed at the iconic and famous Mall Gallery in the heart of London. James was selected in 2019 to show his work at the prestigious London Biennale.
James has been described by the German Kunst Heute publication as well as The International Contemporary Art Curators as one of the most significant artists in the world today.
James Earley has thus emerged as one of the foremost pioneers of figurative and hyperrealism painting in Britain today, a fact all the more remarkable since James is a self taught artist.
In 2019 James was awarded first prize at The prestigious London Biennale, the Giotto International Prize and the Leonardo da Vinci International Prize. James was awarded the Venice International Art Prize in 2020 and was chosen by The European Cultural Centre to exhibit his work at the Venice Biennale 2022. James had the honour of having his work exhibited at The Louvre Paris and Bonhams Auction House in London in 2022. James won the prestigious Contemporary American Art Collectors Award in 2024.
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