Wildlife Sculpture by James Carlson Gartin

Jim Gartin is a 4th generation artist whose natural  talent and love of animals  led him to produce sculptures in the tradition of Remington, Russell and Rungius.

Retired from an engineering career with General Electric,  Jim now devotes full time to a second career in art work. Years of photographing animals  in he Adirondacks, Alaska and the West provides inspiration for his works. Stories of his pioneer ancestors migration to the West from Virginia, his grandfather’s catching wild horses in Oregon and his father’s experiences in the Idaho mountains provide basis for his compositions.

Although Jim holds a masters degree in engineering his only art training was as a child in the studio of his mother who was an art teacher and lecturer.  He takes pride in personally producing his art from sculpting the original clay, mold making, casting, finishing and painting/patina ting. Ultimately  all of Jim’s sculpture will be available in bronze.

Jim Gartin does representational  wildlife sculpture suitable for table,  mantel or wall. He strives to depict motion , drama and interaction in his sculptures. He  will  be glad to produce any  suggested wildlife subject for the decor of one’s home.

Each work is produced as a limited edition in both resin and bronze.  When a mold is made of  an original clay sculpture, Jim first casts a resin  (polyurethane )  copy and hand paints it in oil paints. This is done as a study to determine how a copy in bronze may look. before casting., Some may regard the resin  casting as finished pieces since  the price can be less than a third that of a bronze. AS an art form [n themselves, they may be thought of  as a three dimensional painting, As a study  they may be   sufficient for an art collector to order a bronze casting,

Jim Gartin
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