BIOGRAPHY
You will find Jim Lewis' work in New York. You will find his work in San Antonio's 1997 Jazz Poster and in Austin on the walls of people you may know. Casting the shadow of the Ancient Sumi Japanese Printographer, the multifaceted hand of a mind who finds peace in the most delicate of line-His scribe is the Rapidograph architectural pen - Yes - These works of wall-filling proportion were not done with quick brushstrokes, but with an instrument whose mastery takes a lifetime of diligence and perfection.
From his first encounter with the famed Peter Max, the handshake that led him on his way from Brooklyn to Greenwich Village, where he met the challenges of the New American Poetic - The visual, the musical, the lyrical, under the influence of Warhol, Lichtenstein and most importantly, himself, and came out as one of the most accomplished artists whose hand you may ever shake.
Jim's works do more than fill your wall - They sing to you...Jim's works were commissioned for Grammy Nominee Charlie Wood's jazz CD "In the Thick of the Woods." Your eyes will begin humming the music of yellows and blues, paced with the hypnotic rhythm of a micro-fine pen. Jim allows hundreds of hours to a piece of work - A work whose deepest colors resonate with the grain of wood - Even in the blackest of ink there is a character undescribable in a print - You must personally experience for yourself the mystery of his art.
