Jim Farley Mask 1981 Oil on Board

Mask Two Figures, hyperrealist oil painting on board.
Canadian artist born 1955, in Montreal Canada.
JIM FARLEY
Artist statement
I am self-taught. I have been drawing and painting since childhood.
My paintings are not decorative. I do not aim to adorn. To be frank I would like them more to seduce. I like the medium for itself, the smell, the texture, and the plasticity of oil paint. I work it with my fingers onto the surface. I draw with my fingernails. I seek the light through transparency by sanding, scratching, scraping the surface to find the white of the background. At times I reach for a classical approach and use white to highlight.
I forge my artistic knowledge through reading and pursuing my interests; where I find my greatest inspiration: Vincent Van Gogh, Diego Velasquez, Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy, Max Beckman, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Jim Dine, Willem de Kooning, Lucian Freud, Leon Golub, Tom Thomson. Certain photographers: Helmut Newton, Jan Saudek, Elmer Batters, Jeff Wall. I do not imitate them and I don’t attempt to resemble them, this would be neither honest nor interesting. I study them and I go on to other things. My paintings are studies. I am not seeking a recipe, one to repeat.
Jim Farley, a.k.a Gilbert Farley
Represented by :
Riverin-Arlogos/Art Contemporain (Pierre Riverin), Eastman
2004-2006 Represented by : James Baird Gallery (James Baird), St John’s, NL
2004 Collective exhibition : “Ils sont 19 du Québec”, James Baird Gallery, NL
2003 Represented by : Galerie Berensen (Antoine Ertaskiran), Montréal
2003 Represented by : Galerie D’Avignon, Montréal
2003 Le salon du printemps de Montréal (AGAC) : Galerie Riverin-Arlogos
2001 Collective exhibition : “Dorotha’s choice II/ Corpus”, Galerie D’Avignon, Montréal
2001 Solo exhibition : Galerie Riverin-Arlogos, Eastman
1985-1986 Represented by : Galerie Samuel Lallouz (Samuel Lallouz), Montréal
1984-1985 Represented by : Galerie Dominion ( Dr Max Stern ), Montréal
1983 Solo exhibition : Cooper Building, Montréal
1982 Solo exhibition : Galerie Libre (Georges Delrue), Montréal
1981 Solo exhibition : Galerie Libre (Hugo Delrue), Montréal
1979 Represented by : Galerie Charles Huot, Québec