STATEMENT
The focus of my drawing practise is always centred around the thinking for possible variations of imagery and ideas for sculpture. They are made before, during and after a sculpture is realised. A happy accident in a drawing can sometimes point the way in the search for an other worldly image that resonates in my mind and engages me enough to develop it into three dimensions. The imagery is usually partially drawn from personal experience of some kind.
JAMES CASTLE RSA, RSS
(Born Aberdeen, 1946)
James Castle was educated at Ealing School of Art London, Winchester School of Art and the Royal College of Art. As well as exhibiting throughout the United Kingdom, James has curated exhibitions of sculpture, most notably at Gloucester Cathedral and Malmesbury Abbey. He was a senior lecturer in Sculpture and Fine Art at the University of Gloucestershire. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 2008, where his most recent solo show, First Light was held in 2021.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDE
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
Strathclyde University
The Royal Scottish Academy
Malmesbury School
Scottish Arts Council
Wiltshire County Council
Chippenham Art Gallery and Museum