Jim has been living and painting in San Francisco for over 30 years. He painted his first painting at age 10. He went on to obtain his BA degree in Fine Arts from Ohio State University (1969), after which time he moved to California and began his painting career.

Jim has always strived to paint as real to life as life itself, and the term "pure realist" applies to him. He pays a great deal of attention to color, tone and form, and likes to think of himself as basically painting light: as it is affected and played upon by various textures before it is reflected back to the eye for the viewer to see. In this way he perceives the world and life as an infinite plethora of color & textures! Above all Jim finds his greatest inspiration in nature and the beauty and "spirit" he perceives in all things around him. It is his life’s work to record it in his art and his joy to be able to share it with others as his art finds its way into their collections.