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Jim Weaver

My artwork emerges from values which have been accumulated over a lifetime. I grew up during the time that environmental concerns first became prominent as indicated by the first Earth day, Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring,” the Love Canal disaster, and the establishment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1970.  This was also a time of social upheaval: urban renewal, the 1968 Democratic Convention, the assassination of Martin Luther King, and protest against the War in Vietnam. Growing up in an inner-city, I longed for wild spaces.
From this background I divide my work into three areas: the crisis of the environment, the social environment, and the natural environment.  Many environmental problems, and some solutions, have appeared since the 1970s. Abandoned hazardous waste sites, smog, and eutrophication have been joined by climate change and drinking water contamination from lead pipes, Teflon, and nitrate. Most of these are relatively invisible to the public until people are directly affected--or in the small number of cases that gain national exposure--like Flint, Michigan.  
My work explicitly raises these issues. In 2020, there is no lack of social issues upon which to comment. My work in this area makes explicit reference to events like school shootings, mass incarceration, the obesity and opioid epidemics, and tech disruption of the economy. A little surprisingly, the reaction to these has been universally positive. Because of this I am encouraged to try to cross the boundary to where the work reaches a less sympathetic audience.  Despite all of this, as in the 1960s and 1970s, there still is relief in the beauty of this planet.
As my art work is emerging later in life, I am beginning to make these objects as public statements of my values with the hope of a better future.
What Happens in the US, Stays,  22" high x 25" wide, acrylic on tooled leather Unlike other countries, the US has an endemic problem with mass shootings and mass shooters.  Mr. Elk suggests to the Shooter Man that he, the elk, would make a good trophy.  Despite wishing for a long life, and not advocating for hunting, Mr. Elk would sacrifice himself rather than see more shootings. 
The Coyote's Dream:  That he Just Play the Slots, 32" high x 22" wide, acrylic on tooled leather Despite being considered as a varmint by some, Mr. Coyote dreams that the Shooter Man would just play the slots instead.  The coyote, as a stand in for nature, understands the lack of wisdom in a shooting.


The Coyote Dreams that He Just Plays the Slots Acrylic on Tooled leather $400
What Happens in the US Stays Acrylic on Tooled leather $400
Awash (After the Great Wave of Hokusai) Acrylic on Tooled leather $400
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  • Who We Are
  • the art gallery of robyn parker feehan
    • Solo Exhibit @ The Foundry
  • Upcoming Exhibitions 2025
    • Art Beyond Borders
    • Art Bazaar 2025
    • Texas in July
    • Angeline Collier Art
    • Art en Blanc 2025
  • one artist gallery
  • art workshops@thegallery8680
  • contact | friends
  • Previous Shows
    • RED 2025
    • art en blanc
    • David Miner Solo Exhibition
    • PINK: the color of spring
    • RED 2024
    • BLUE is BACK
    • L' Fleur de Art 23
    • L'Fleur de Art 2022
    • RED 2023
    • All for One | One for All
    • Le Salon 2021 >
      • Milessa Murphy Stewart
    • Le Salon 2022 >
      • Andrea Chudoba
      • Le Salon#2 Andrea Chudoba
    • Soft and Hard of 3D
    • Art en Blanc 2023
    • Art Bazaar
    • PINK Revisited
    • Trois Colors 2022
    • L'Fleur de Art 2021
    • me myself and i 2022
    • Winter Season
    • RED
    • celebrating woman artists
    • emerging
    • Pop Up.. the artwork of Ty fawley
    • BLUE 2024 >
      • The BLUE exhibition Dinner
    • Past One Artist Gallery Shows >
      • Young Kim
      • Odillia Iaccarino
      • Alyson Hess Everyday
      • Chris Brown.
      • Jodie Beck
      • Lucy Tolkunova
      • Leticia Herrera
      • Ekaterina Denisova
      • Ekaterina Denisova
      • Josh Rhodes
      • Vidya Lakshmi Nikesh Anand
    • Soft and Hard of 3d
    • inbetween by Romulo Martinez
    • GUNS in USA 2020 >
      • Didi AlKassih
    • Solo Show | Keith Miller
    • art en blanc 2020
    • art en blanc 2019
    • The Girl Solo Show Terry Parshall
    • eye of the lens
    • RED 2019
    • BLUE 2019
    • Art en Blanc 2018
    • NORTH
    • students@work2018
    • Eye of the Lens 2017
    • Targets and Tangents
    • Art Fair
    • forty @ 100
    • RED 2018
    • Olivia Ogren-Hrejsa’s solo show
    • 50yrs of Art and Love
    • Envision Arts Project | Aptitude
    • TIME | Peggy Nichols Collection Art and Love
    • Art en Blanc 2017
    • Chet Tucker | the journey
    • through the eye of lens 2016
    • Tom Freeman|Solo Show
    • RED | 2017
    • PIECES of PIECES
    • Out Of My Mind
    • RED2020
    • Debra Helmburger Photography
    • Botanicals
    • Conduit
    • the heArt project
    • RED 2016
    • 101x101
    • Five In One
    • artseen tour frisco 2015
    • IDENTITY
    • Ecology
    • PLAY
    • BLUE
    • asher d feehan
    • me myself and I
    • artist exhibited in me myself i
    • celebrating women artists
    • Denise Lion | Solo Show
    • CoLoR
    • me myself and i
    • artseen artists studio tour
    • CityScapes
    • artists and works CityScapes
    • art for art sake
    • consignment form for art for art sake
    • emerging
    • festival of trees
    • festival of trees
    • identity and cast 2013
    • North Texas Printmakers Guild
    • Looking Around - Solo Show of Misty Oliver Foster
    • LOUNGE
    • LOUNGE
    • me myself and i
    • misty oliver - foster
    • Originals
    • PLACE
    • RED
    • RED
    • six
    • SPRING-thePersian New Year
    • water
    • Trois Colors
    • Earth Day
    • Melange of Color >
      • Andrea Lamarsaude
      • Anindita Dasgupta
      • Bev Calton
      • Cynthia Coldren
      • Kathleen Mekailek
      • Kathy Mackey
      • Lavanya Challa
      • Madhupriya Srinivasan
      • Matt Chenet
      • Milessa Murphy Stewart
      • Patty Lebed Hess
      • Romulo Martinez
      • Sharonza Penson
      • Terry Parshall
      • Trish Poupard
    • water
    • Celebration Night
    • BLUE 2020
    • Festival of Trees
    • MIX Art Exhibition 2021
    • The Mix Exhibition The Gallery 8680
    • Photography 2020 >
      • Suad Bejtovic
      • Kenneth Harrison
      • Christer Hiort
      • Patty Lebed Hess
      • Maegan Kirschner
      • John Lightle
      • Brandi Mieger
      • Christine Miller
      • Cheryl Parshall
      • Any Santos
      • Katrin Fallah