Jimmy C
James Cochran aka Jimmy C is an English street artist. He has lived most
of his life in Australian and now considers himself more Australian than
English. Jimmy C is best known for his urban narrative paintings and for his
drip painting style which he also likes to call 'scribble paintings'. Jimmy C
lost his mother when he was just twelve years of age and later went to live in
the streets. Jimmy C was searching for his identity; he just couldn’t find it
at home, he just wanted a bit of love and attention. He found everything he was
searching for in the streets. He feels that everything he went through is
relevant to whom he is now as an artist; the experiences in the streets, the
death of his mother. It all adds up to his style and who he is today.
Jimmy C completed an arts degree in 1997 and then a Master in
Visual Arts at the University of South Australia in 2002. He was at the stage
of discovering who he was as an artist when he came across a project in
Australia in the Aboriginal communities. The Aboriginal artists worked with
dots. He thought it was an interesting technique that he could develop and
transform into his own style. In his studio, he started to explore with
different dot techniques and he called it the ‘Aerosol Pointillism’. He then
developed the dots into drips and it almost felt like he could finally express
himself through art; “when I was working with those drips I felt that I had
something unique. It felt very natural like a part of my personality. It just
flowed”.
He loves to paint homeless people because they have a truth
within them that nobody else has, a story that should be told in the right way.
Jimmy C also gets inspired a lot by exploring the relationship between
individuals and the urban landscape, which has led to paintings of buildings
sprouting from head portraits.
Jimmy C now lives in London. His art can be viewed on walls
all around the world. These places include Paris, Berlin, New York and many
more. He loves to paint in the streets as he feels home. Jimmy C also likes the
feeling that anything could happen and the rawness that street art has.
In my opinion Jimmy C is a great unique artist that took time in developing
his style and finding his identity in the art world. I think he can really show
what the people in his paintings are feeling and I think that’s just amazing. I
also love the fact that he can create such beautiful and realistic work of art using
just the dot technique. Overall I really like Jimmy C and the overcoming story
he can tell and inspire people.
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visited on 04/10/2014.
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