Join us for Two Visions One Heart, a duo show by James Gayles and Casey Swingle.
This vibrant show focuses on portraiture with each artist highlighting their respective styles while focusing on the same influential and inspiring subjects.
The reception will include live music and light refreshments.
Meet the artists and learn more about their gorgeous works.
More About The Artists:
James Gayles is an Emmy Award-winning graphic designer and artist who specializes in watercolor portraits.
James attended the Pratt Institute in New York, where he studied under the renowned painters Jacob Lawrence and super-realist Audrey Flack. James has won public art commissions from cities across the US and Asia. He is dedicated to nurturing artists and sharing his own work.
As a commercial artist early in his career, he established himself in New York as a Graphic Designer and illustrator, becoming Assistant Director of Graphics at NewsCenter 4, NBC-TV.
At NBC, he won a television Emmy Award for design and illustration. James is also a two-time winner of Art Direction Magazine’s Creativity Award, one for the NewsCenter 4 logo redesign and the other for an editorial illustration for the New York Times. James has illustrated for McGraw-Hill, Random House, Essence Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, as well as several advertising agencies on both the East and West coasts.
Casey Swingle has known she was an artist since early childhood. A prolific sketcher at a young age, she was obsessed with drawing. Casey didn't just write book reports; she illustrated them. Her ability to sketch freehand with such detail and accuracy was a natural gift. Her deep immersion in art as a child was a reuge as she navigated selective mutism, with her artistic expression helping to quell her anxiety over time.
After graduating high school, she honed her skills at the Jon Herron Art Scool in Indianapolis. In 1969, she moved to San Francisco where her artistic talents found a powerful new purpose. She became an activist, using her art to support the Farm Workers' cause, the Native American occupation of Alcatraz and the vibrant rock bands of the San Francisco Sound.
Over the decades, her work has been exhibited across Northern and Southern California. In the last eight years, she focused her artistic energy on watercolor portraits, a medium she finds rich with opportunities for continued artistic expression.
Most recently, she's been immersed in the joy of illustrating a children's book authored by her daughter. They plan to continue to bring other stories to life based on their real-life family adventures.