Jim Wildman is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist, recognised by curators, collectors, and art patrons across the globe.
Jim Wildman Art is an art website where you will see the original fine art of an artist who has a deep connection to nature and loves craftsmanship and creating. By using natural materials he creates abstract, contemporary and modern collectable artwork.
Painting process
I Mix Ink, Tea, Alcohol, Oil, Acrylics, Mixed Media on various substrates i.e., Paper, Linen, Canvas, Wood Panels etc.,to Create Painting Styles. In my Faces and Florals and Botanicals in order to create the colors I mix I start with pen and ink and then add various stains like tea or alcohol to the artwork. I have continued to experiment with unusual materials to create artwork. Originally working with a refined palette of colors I have started to experiment with a range of pigments that I pour directly on the canvas in the color field method. I love earth tones and the beauty of wood.
ABOUT
Redefining the Way
Artists Create
Jim Wildman is a contemporary artist, painter, and craftsman. Born in 1964 in Spokane, Washington. Moving from Claremore, Oklahoma near Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2020 he now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. He creates mostly ink drawings of beautiful faces, abstract and landscape oil paintings or wood combines 3D panels and sculptures. His technique consists of carefully layering lines, colors, plaster, gypsum, wood or other textures including sawdust on canvas or paper. Jim creates a dense, subtle and slowly deepening mixture of overlapping colors and shapes. He adds marks and texture from sawdust to metal items.
Mission
"Make it Beautiful and Build it to Last."
Our Journey So Far
Get to Know Jim Wildman
BIO
Jim Wildman is a mixed media contemporary realist painter, sculptor, and master woodworker who lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina.
For more than a decade Jim served as a member of the United States Marine Corp. He is a distinguished combat veteran. A graduate of Oklahoma State University School of Architecture. In addition, to painting Jim has a custom woodworking business, JWDesigns. His Works are both realistic portraits and abstracts. Signature series consists of strong faces created with both palette knife and brush work. Sculptures are wood combines, 3D panels, and carvings. His works are sought after by architects, interior designers, and collectors worldwide.
Artistic Painting Style
Jim Wildman creates a unique combination of new digital media art as well as impactful paintings created on various substrates: canvas, panels, and paper. His paintings are mostly portraits, abstract, or landscapes created in, oil, encaustic or cold wax.
He uses a bold, expressive, layering of paint to bring our eye to the heart of his paintings.
His “Gestural and Pull” paintings are influenced by the Abstract Expressionist art movement and specifically inspired by contemporary masters Gerhard Richter and Pierre Soulage.
“Designing and building fine furniture and creating art gives me an opportunity to share my skill, tell a story, and engage the senses." Jim Wildman