James Bama: Sketchbook

by James Bama

Close to 230 sketches reveal the thoughts and process of this legendary artist. Travel along this lifelong journey with James Bama, as he chronicles the lives of those that inspired his art. This is the story behind the paintings.

Numerous sketches provide the background for some of his most famous fine art paintings. A large selection of preliminaries show the many ideas recorded for unfinished pieces. This book represents the first time Bama has opened his sketch archives to the public. Pencil sketches, and color composition drawings from his entire career are included. His preliminaries span works from his early teens, student years, and as a professional illustrator. However, the majority of works feature his fine art Native American, western, wildlife, mountain men, and landscape art inspired by the environment of his Wyoming home. Also included are works from his travels to China, Mexico, Tibet and Turkey.

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2010

About the author

James Elliott Bama is an American artist known for his realistic paintings and etchings of Western subjects.

Reviews

[Victor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jim really loved what he did and he really loved the subject matter, ie people. You can see it in his work and in his enthusiastic notes. Love seeing the early and middle stage processes with the rough sketches. There’s so much charm and appreciation in each one. What a talented gem of an illustrator. This is a great book.