Herman James believes that surreal imagery carries our minds and psyches in more powerful ways than traditional representation. The artist also believes that paintings, unlike other forms of picture making such as digital images, suggest the immediacy of an artist’s thinking process. As the artist moves hand and brushes over paper or canvas or board, he believes that this evidence of creative thought is left behind as a kind of archaeology made available to the viewer’s eye.
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
The Museum of New Art, Detroit
Musee Artcolle, Plemet, France
The Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, OR
The Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, T