James Voshell grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in St. Michaels on a farm adjacent to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. He spent his early youth, while not working along side his family in the fields, examining and drawing the local flora and fauna. His small town school didn't offer art classes, but because of his determination to learn the basics of art, he enrolled in a mail-order art institute. He thrived creatively through this early education, and after high school graduation furthered his education at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1965. Today James lives on a 270 year old farm in Parkton with his long time love, Lynne Jones (visit lynnejonesart.com). He moved out of his studio in West Baltimore in 1991 in order to be back in the graces of a more natural environment, much like the one he grew up with. He's once again painting the beauty of flowers, trees, wildlife, and landscapes, still enjoying the complexities of nature at his easel. He paints in a wood stove heated barn, overlooking open fields and forests. He's planted bird and wildlife friendly trees and shrubs close by to keep nature's creatures healthy so that they may continue to honor us all with their beauty and mysteries.
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