James in his Studio Rhythm is vital to James Spitznagel's creative process. “It all begins with rhythm and grows from the there,” explains James. “The rhythm and shape of sound, line, light or color is all the same to me.” His inspiration lies in exploring the common ground between the subjective experiences of creating and appreciating the universality of artistic forms. As both a musician and visual artist, he focuses on the necessary tension between silence and sound, as well as the empty and filled spaces of his canvas. His provocative and cutting-edge images suggest the visual representation of a data stream or programming code transformed to produce these provocative yet engaging images. They explore the relationships among a variety of vital issues such as questions of contemporary subjectivity and reality, variations in color within the vertical and horizontal aspects of the image, and the relevance of light and shadow to mood in a digitally abstracted image. Some have been subjected to more abstraction than others. Some are subjective fantasy cityscapes, while others look stripped down to primal shapes, and are thus more sensitive to dramatic shifts in color and light.

For all the power of their abstraction, however, the inspiration for James's images comes from a very personal place. The pixels, squares and geometric arrays of James's work reveal the subjective depth of the images as well as the depth of feeling that inspired them. As a musician, he is always seeking the artistic form which will resonate for him as a creator and for the listener. His visual works reveal a wide variety of moods, from calmly contemplative to the frenetic energy of a particularly urban landscape. For James, all of perceived reality is a process, and these are images that afford us the opportunity to explore that process. James Spitznagel's visually stunning images tap into the process of seeing as an act of creating and he invites us to question and examine how we make sense of what we see in a world of infinitely malleable images.

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