Bio

Jim Middleton is a multimedia artist born in Sussex NB currently living and working in Douglas, N.B. Primarily focused on Acrylic, Oil & Water Colour painting, pen and ink sketching and digital artwork Jim regularly seeks out new mediums to experiment with and challenge himself. There is a clear focus on realism of the natural world and taking it to a weird place with flashes of surrealism throughout his work. Jim and his work is fueled by “Water, Light and Life”. His mantra is “Just keep creating”.

Residency Project

I have a variety of projects I could teach depending on age group: For Elementary students the colour wheel and painting techniques to help them understand the how to mix colours and use simple techniques to create recognizable images. For Middle School Students – Introduction to landscapes combining basic principles and combining them into a finished painting. For High School students – Introduction to Portraits. Showing all major steps to creating a Portrait Painting including image transfer, under-painting, colour blocking, moulding & shaping and detail work.

Teaching Experience

I have had experience teaching multiple personal art classes and workshops as well as bi-weekly “Paint and sip” workshops where a painting is started and completed in a very short period of time. Further I have taught special needs clients over zoom of varying skill levels.