Eleanor James

Eleanor James is a painter, illustrator and sculptor who captures the beauty and pain of the world in her contrasting pieces of art. Born in Birmingham, England in 1982, Eleanor emigrated to the United States at the age of three with her family and one trunk with their life’s belongings. From working as a gardener in her younger years to a landscape architect by trade, she has always brought the elements of art and nature together. Eleanor is a self-taught artist who works out of her home near the Manasquan Reservoir and out of a studio at PXTS Gallery in Matawan, New Jersey. Eleanor’s work focuses on the use of acrylic paints, watercolors, inks, and spray paints and varied sculptural elements. The diversity of mediums allows her to adapt her work to her mental state. The compositions tie together this love for nature with the challenges of life.