About

I am a painter, printmaker and environmentalist. My work considers human resilience and the natural world, using classical painting techniques to convey the current issue of climate change in dramatic form.

I currently live in Durham, NC and work as an artist and art handler for top artists.

I received a Bachelors of Fine Art in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design and continued my education at the Art Students League of New York, where I studied with artists Frank Mason, Mary Beth Mckenzie, Costa Vavagiakis and Cornelia Foss. My works grace collections around the world, including the Bekkjarvik Arts Society in Norway and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Tokyo, and have appeared nationally and internationally in over 100 solo and group exhibitions, most recently at the GreenHill Center for NC Art, CAM Raleigh, and the Brown Gallery at Duke University. My piece “Fish in Troubled Waters” was selected to represent the South Pacific Region in the 5th National Climate Assessment, published in October, 2023, by the US Global Change Research Project. A solo exhibition of my work, ‘Between Will and What Will Be’, runs from January 8-May 27, 2024, at Waterworks Visual Arts Center, in Salisbury, NC.

I am also a teaching artist and consider myself to be a lifelong student. My arts education was strongly influenced by early mentors Kim and William Darling; and Frank Herbert Mason, who was a student of Frank Vincent Dumond (1865-1951).  I was trained in classical oil painting materials and techniques using Dumond’s Prismatic Palette, which is an invaluable tool for understanding value and color temperature. I am proud of this heritage and enjoy passing this knowledge along to a new generation of students.  I teach painting at the Durham Arts Council, as well as Spring and Fall plein air painting workshops with the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. I also teach private lessons.

If you are interested in learning more about my work or taking a class with me, please send an email to jameskeul@gmail.com.