A lot of the works I did in the 70’s and 80’s I have no record of since the people who purchased them have moved to unknown locations. I also only started keeping personal track of the pieces with the onset of the digital camera. 

             When I started painting, I was taught that Painting was done with paint, not with colored pencil, pastels, chalk or crayon. Chalk and pastels, and charcoal with ink and graphite. were part of Drawing on paper of course. At least this was the way it was when I  began my study of Art.

            Things change. Painting was Oil, Acrylic, watercolor, or  Gouache.

             Since I started with Acrylic, I have pretty much stuck with them. As an undergraduate I was strongly encouraged to paint with Acrylic paints. And in Graduate, oil paints were pooh-poohed because they were toxic. God forbid we don’t do a  green painting. In fact when I was doing silkscreen, I used oil based inks, today everything is water based. Even wood cuts are done with acrylic inks, and mono-prints are also a water based printing method. So the works I will exhibit here are Acrylic unless otherwise specified. I really am too old to change, now. So I paint with acrylics and watercolor. 

             When I was training for commercial Art I was taught to use watercolor and Gouache. Gouache was use for large areas of flat dry even hued opaque paint. Today theses are acrylic and  water based. A true water colorist only uses watercolors no watered down acrylics or gouache them make areas more opaque. I frequently try to embody my paintings with the feeling  that I derive from viewing the physical elements that make up each piece.

Contact information

Email: jimkamprath@gmail.com 

or call

909 525 5473

If you wish to purchase a piece, email me at above address and specify which piece you have an interest in. As of the update date posted pieces should be available unless otherwise stated. I will contact you with  specific details.

The tree of the knowledge of light and dark

The above group of 9 pieces

each on  24” x 24” panel.

2001          NFS.

Choose from the left which area you wish to look at and click on the link.

 

Last updated 12/15/09