Jim Cobban

Born in Canada in 1963, James Cobban now lives north of Toronto in the hamlet of Queensville, where he maintains his studio.

After completing his training as a Graphic artist in 1984,  Cobban attended the University of Toronto where he studied Fine Art.  In 2000 he left full-time employment to travel extensively in several developing countries throughout the world, ending up in the fabled artists colony of San Miguel in Mexico, where he began painting in oil. Since then he has been developing and continually refining his technique, experimenting with the many capacities of oil paint to reflect the  qualities of sensual experience.  His paintings are representational, and concerned with the qualities of light that convey emotional tone to the viewer.  To acheive depth and luminosity in his works he builds and deepens his image by applying several  layers, or glazes, of paint one over the other until a rich and intensely luminous, seemingly inner-lit, image emerges.  

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