James Shand

James Shand lives in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. James was fortunate to be trained by a group of professional artists such as Neil Cuthbert, Tim Winters, Victor Gordon, Gabriella Hedges and Alan Sisley, among others. James says: 'the teachers were guides through a difficult, structured process of learning how to think and work as an artist'.  After completing an Advanced Diploma, James returned to Orange TAFE for a year of Residency in 2007. In 2009 he moved again to research full time and paint, for four years. In early 2010, the large format, 'thrown' technique, on 'ground paintings' began. It developed, from a nec