James A. Horne
Biography
James has a B.A. in Fine Art from The University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. and a Bachelors of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. Additional studies in art were at the University of Colorado studying sculpture and Aix-en-Provence, France studying painting. He studied stone sculpture under Ante Marinovic in San Diego, Ca. He prefers working in three dimensions. After graduating from Pratt, he worked for Richard Roeder Assoc. in Houston doing store design. He became Design Director in the Store Planning Dept. of Dillard's Department Stores from 1979 to 2002 at the corporate headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. He served as an adjunct professor at University of Central Arkansas teaching graphics for Interior Design.
James enjoyed playing cornet in a Brass ensemble (Top Brass) in Ruidoso, NM for many years.
He has shown his sculptures in the Alto Artists Studio Tours for 12 years and also at Act I Gallery in Taos, NM and at Gallery 408 in Carrizozo, NM.
James is a member of Texas Society of Sculptors and the National Sculpture Society.
Reared on a ranch near Coleman, Tx. James started drawing and painting at an early age. Later he worked cattle and sheep, rode and trained horses, drove a tractor, built fences and hunted for arrowheads. He learned to appreciate the subtleties of nature.
A sculpture starts out as sketches of the idea on paper and then to a small three dimensional model in clay. The clay allows him to modify the design to a near final form. Working on the stone with hammer and chisel and some power tools, he roughs out the shape. He also uses pneumatic chisels and then rasps, riffler files and finally sandpaper to achieve a finish surface. The stone dictates the final finish although James tries to get a finish that the observer wants to touch. He has used Marble, Alabaster, Lime-stone, Travertine, Onyx and other stones. He has also reproduced his stone sculpture in cast bronze.
James has a B.A. in Fine Art from The University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. and a Bachelors of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. Additional studies in art were at the University of Colorado studying sculpture and Aix-en-Provence, France studying painting. He studied stone sculpture under Ante Marinovic in San Diego, Ca. He prefers working in three dimensions. After graduating from Pratt, he worked for Richard Roeder Assoc. in Houston doing store design. He became Design Director in the Store Planning Dept. of Dillard's Department Stores from 1979 to 2002 at the corporate headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. He served as an adjunct professor at University of Central Arkansas teaching graphics for Interior Design.
James enjoyed playing cornet in a Brass ensemble (Top Brass) in Ruidoso, NM for many years.
He has shown his sculptures in the Alto Artists Studio Tours for 12 years and also at Act I Gallery in Taos, NM and at Gallery 408 in Carrizozo, NM.
James is a member of Texas Society of Sculptors and the National Sculpture Society.
Reared on a ranch near Coleman, Tx. James started drawing and painting at an early age. Later he worked cattle and sheep, rode and trained horses, drove a tractor, built fences and hunted for arrowheads. He learned to appreciate the subtleties of nature.
A sculpture starts out as sketches of the idea on paper and then to a small three dimensional model in clay. The clay allows him to modify the design to a near final form. Working on the stone with hammer and chisel and some power tools, he roughs out the shape. He also uses pneumatic chisels and then rasps, riffler files and finally sandpaper to achieve a finish surface. The stone dictates the final finish although James tries to get a finish that the observer wants to touch. He has used Marble, Alabaster, Lime-stone, Travertine, Onyx and other stones. He has also reproduced his stone sculpture in cast bronze.
In designing retail spaces or sculptures, James tries to create excitement and beauty.