"Inspired by the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and his followers. I am intrigued by how the subject matter and themes of traditional Western art can seem at once familiar and alien to the eyes of the contemporary viewer. In my work, I attempt to form a bridge between the present and the past, as well as between the material and the ethereal. I paint my figures in a heavily detailed, mannered, and realistic method requiring layers of painstaking work. It is a style that has grown from a fundamental fascination with the very act of painting and is based upon both an observation of life and a studied awareness of how the human form (and other subjects) has been portrayed in the art of the past."
— James Russell May
