Biography
Born into a legacy of important American artists, James Wyeth, the son of Andrew Wyeth and grandson of N.C. Wyeth, has been celebrated from an early age. A contemporary realist painter, Jamie Wyeth paints both his observed surroundings—the landscapes of coastal Maine, livestock, and wildlife—as well as important individuals and political events. Among his notable subjects are John F. Kennedy, Andy Warhol, Rudolph Nureyev, as well as a series of charcoal drawings depicting the Watergate Senate hearings.
"Everybody in my family paints - excluding possibly the dogs," James Wyeth once said, characteristically lumping animals together with humans. A sensitive observer of his rural surroundings, he depicts livestock and other beasts with the same care and intensity he devotes to portraits of people, winning early fame with Portrait of Pig, his picture of a moody pink and white sow. With moving images, powerful contrasts, and intensely worked surfaces, Wyeth has a keen eye for conveying the intensity of his subjects. He has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad, including several solo shows at GRAHAM.