'May Near Bedale'
2006 - 30cm x 40cm - oil on canvas
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'Near Melmerby'
2006 - 30cm x 40cm - oil on canvas
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'May Rapeseed'
2006 - 30cm x 40cm - oil on canvas
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Biography,

2006 'Memory & Landscape' Ropewalk Gallery, Barton-upon-Humber

2006 Group Show, Pinfold Gallery, Bowness-on-Windermere

2005 ’30 x 30’ Group Show, Vertigo Gallery, London

2005 ‘From Manchester With Love’ Group Show, Kuvataideakatemian Galleria, Helsinki, Finland

2005 ‘Summer Show’ Zillah Bell Gallery,Thirsk, North Yorkshire

2005 ‘Recent Works’ Group Show, Apartment, Manchester

2005 & 2006 Affordable Arts Fair, Battersea, London

2004 – ongoing ArTzu Gallery, Manchester

2004 The Gascoigne Gallery, Harrogate

2004 – ongoing The Gallery, Masham, North Yorkshire

2003 – 2005 M.A. in Fine Art, (Distinction), Manchester Metropolitan University.

2003 ‘exhibit.001’ International group show to launch the ‘nth art’ collective, London

2003 Open Art Exhibition, Todmorden

2003 & 2005 ‘Peculier Vision’ Mashamshire Arts Festival

2001 – 2002 Art Technician for 01 Art Services, Bow, London

2001 ‘Schism’ Pelican House, Camberwell Arts Week, London. Group show

2001 ‘A.I.R’ Hortensia Gallery, Kensington, London. Group show

2001 Taught drawing (including life drawing, Kensington & Chelsea College, London

2000 – 2001 BTEC in Professional Art Practice, Kensington & Chelsea College, London

1999 ‘James Alderson Does Landscapes’ Crown Street Public Gallery,Darlington. Solo show.

1992 – 1995 B.A. (Hons) Fine Art, Staffordshire University

1991 – 1992 York College of Art & Technology, Art Foundation

All works to the right -
oil on board -
15 x 21 cm or 17 x 21 cm
by James Alderson

a few outdoor sketches.

'Pen-y-gent' - 2006 -oil on linen - 30 x 40cm

studio piece by James Alderson

I've been out painting a few sketches recently, just quick colur studies more than anything.
Thanks to The Arts Council of England for a purchase grant for a new laptop. unfortunately Blogger upload software doesn't seem to like OS 10.4 on Apples very much so my uploads options are a bit limited and I may have to go back to borrowing a P.C. for Blogging... what a pain!