James Havard
Works
Paintings
White Horse, 1996
Mixed media on mat board
9.75 x 16.5 in. (
Hopi Looking at Mimbres Page, Circa 1980
Acrylic, Mixed media, Collages on canvas
73.8 x 38 in.
Pomo Flag. Hopi Corn, 1983
Mixed media
39.5 x 95 in. (100.33 x 241.3 cm.)
White Horse, 1996, mixed media on canvas
Fleeing My Colorful Dreams, 2010
Oil on Paper, framed
13 x 12 in. (33.02 x 30.48 cm)
New Mexico History Page, 1986
Acrylic on board on canvas
38.5 x 33 in.
Pittsburg Pirate, 1997
Oil and wax on board
16.5 x 12 in., 41.91 x 30.48
framed
Betsy 2, Circa 2000
Oil and Wax
13 x 12 in.
Mimbres Cave, 1989
Mixed media on panel
32 x 80 in.
New Mexico History Page #5
Dawn Roses, 2012
Oil painting on canvas
12 x 10 in. (30.48 x 25.4 cm.)
Hiding Mimbre, Circa 1990
Acrylic on canvas
26 x 16 in.
Portrait of Rembrandt, 2011
Oil painting on board
20 x 12 in.
Palo Alto, 2000
monotype, oil crayon & collage on paper
27 x 22 in. (68.58 x 55.88 cm. )
RONDA ESPANA, 2008
Mixed media & collage on paper,
14 x 11 in.
signed on the back Havard
The Night Sailor, 2013
oil on canvas
13 x 9.5 in., (33.02 x 30.48 cm.)
NMHP 1991
Mixed media & collage on wood panel
60in. x 36 in.
Joe, 2013
oil on paper
9.5 x 5.75 in. (24.13 x 14.61 cm.)
Aw Hush Your Face, 2013
oil on paper
13 x 9.5 in. (33.02 x 24.13 cm.)
Dat Gum It, 2010
oil on paper
12.75 x 11.5 in. (32.38 x 29.21 cm.)
Dat Gum It, 2010
oil on paper
12.75 x 11.5 in. (32.38 x 29.22 cm.)
Dat Gum Your Hide, 2010
oil on paper
12.5 x 9.5 in. (31.75 x 29.98 cm.)
Oh My, 2010
oil
7 1/2 x 6 in.
Sculptures
Photographed by Chris Felver
Artists Bio:
James Havard is a painter and sculptor, born June 29, 1937 in Galveston, TX.
James Havard graduated from Sam Houston State College in Huntsville, TX, in 1959 and attended the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts from 1961 to 1965.
After spending several years in Philadelphia James moved to New York where he lived and worked for about 25 years, doing regular exhibitions with Allan Stone.
James Havard has employed various artistic techniques during his 40-year career, and was recognized as the leading practitioner of Abstract Illusionism, a mode of painting that gave the painting surface an illusion of a third dimension.
His works ranging in style from Realism to Minimalism, incorporate paint, resin, wax and mixed media. His late career works have been most often related to Art Brut.
James Havard had an important collection of Native American objects and American folklore, including Hopi Kachinas and Navajo textiles. Since 1989 – 90, Havard’s paintings are often inspired by Native American and African indigenous cultures, featuring primitive and cultural design and forms reminiscent of ancient cave paintings and/or children’s drawings.
Critics, curators, collectors and art dealers often appreciate Havard for his alchemy of paint, colors, collages and the addition of raw textiles and/or found objects and his ability to always put forwards a strong and well balanced composition, at once both powerful and poetic.
James Havard’s works are included in many museums, public as well as corporate collections.
He lived about 30 years in Santa Fe before returning to Philadelphia in 2014.
Exhibitions:
Selected One-Person Exhibition
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2016 “Brut”, Solo Exhibition at Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2012 “Staying Ahead of the Beast”, Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2011 “Birthday Exhibition” at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
2008 “Drink the Juice of the Stone”, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006 “Recent Paintings”, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2002 R.B. Raven Gallery, Rancho Taos, NM
2001 New Paintings, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Paintings, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Works on Paper, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1999 Allene LaPides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997 New Paintings, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1994 Hokin Gallery Palm Beach, FL
1993 Axis Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1991 Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, JAPAN
Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990 Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Allan Stone Gallery New York, NY
1989 Allan Stone Gallery New York, NY
Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1988 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1987 Galerie Lavignes-Bastille, Paris,
1986 Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Recent Paintings & Works on Paper, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 “Anderson Ranch Faculty Exhibit”, Cohen Gallery, Denver, CO
Hokin/Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982 Martha White Gallery, Louisville, KY
Moss Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Myra Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, KS
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1981 Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Hokin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tolarno Galleries, South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia
1979 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden
1978 Janus Gallery, Venice, CA
Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, FL
1977 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Hanson-Cowles Gallery, Minneapolis, MI
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Le Portrail, Heidelberg, Germany
1976 Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, KS
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX
1975 The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, Group Show
Gallerie Krakeslatt, Bromolla, Sweden
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Deson-Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1974 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Galerie Ahlner, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Fabian Carlsson, Goteborg, Sweden
Galleriet Lund, Sweden
Galerie Arnesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1973 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY
Galerie Rickerman, Cologne, Germany
1971 O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1970 Henri Gallery, Washington, DC
Marian Locks Gallery, PA
Atelier Chapman Kelly, Dallas, TX
1969 Vanderlip Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1968 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1965 Atelier Chapman Kelly , Dallas, TX