The Scramble For Africa
Oil on Canvas
36x24in
$7,440
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James Earley
United Kingdom
Artist highlights
- Established Artist
- International Exposure
- Prizewinner
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on wood. Artwork framed.
- Dimensions : 29.9x20.5in
About this artwork
I want my paintings to give a voice to the poor, abused and invisible. I wanted to create a hyperrealism painting showing the children in Africa who are risking their lives in dark and dangerous diamond mines. I wanted every part of the canvas to shout and scream at this crime against the children. I want to paint the truth and I want people to see it.
Because children are considered an easy source of cheap labour, they are regularly employed in… the diamond mining industry. One survey of diamond miners in the Lunda Norte province of Angola found that 46% of miners were between the ages of 5 and 16.
When creating this art work I knew I had to start with the child’s face. I had to create that look, that despair, that hopelessness. I then painted the diamonds in the background. In the white squares I painted a running total of the number of child deaths in these mines.
This is a painting of beauty but it demands you to look deeper and to keep looking.
Because children are considered an easy source of cheap labour, they are regularly employed in… the diamond mining industry. One survey of diamond miners in the Lunda Norte province of Angola found that 46% of miners were between the ages of 5 and 16.
When creating this art work I knew I had to start with the child’s face. I had to create that look, that despair, that hopelessness. I then painted the diamonds in the background. In the white squares I painted a running total of the number of child deaths in these mines.
This is a painting of beauty but it demands you to look deeper and to keep looking.
James Earley
United Kingdom
Credentials
- Established Artist
- International Exposure
- Prizewinner
- Works on commission
James Earley is a British contemporary painter who currently resides in France. He is renowned for his emotional portraiture, where he depicts individuals who have been through trauma and exist on a emotional knife edge. James has been described by the German Kunst Heute publication as well as The International Contemporary Art Curators as one of the most significant artists in the world today.
James Earley has exhibited widely across the UK and overseas, in Spain, France, the Netherlands and Monaco. He first came to prominence as a featured artist in the ‘Seven Artists Exhibition’ at the prestigious Strand Gallery in London. He was nominated for the BP Portrait Award in 2015, and has exhibited with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Institute of Portrait Painters.
In 2019 James was awarded first prize at The prestigious London Biennale, the Giotto International Prize and the Leonardo da Vinci International Prize. James was awarded the Venice International Art Prize in 2020 and was chosen by The European Cultural Centre to exhibit his work at the Venice Biennale 2022. James had the honour of having his work exhibited at The Louvre Paris and Bonhams Auction House in London in 2022. James won the prestigious Contemporary American Art Collectors Award in 2024.
James has exhibited his work all over the world with significant exhibitions at Bonham’s Auction House in London as well as the Carrousel Du Louvre in Paris. He has appeared on the BBC, in the Financial Times, Europe Today and The Art Newspaper. James has won many awards including the American Art Critic Award as well as the first prize at the prestigious London Biennale.
James Earley has exhibited widely across the UK and overseas, in Spain, France, the Netherlands and Monaco. He first came to prominence as a featured artist in the ‘Seven Artists Exhibition’ at the prestigious Strand Gallery in London. He was nominated for the BP Portrait Award in 2015, and has exhibited with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Institute of Portrait Painters.
In 2019 James was awarded first prize at The prestigious London Biennale, the Giotto International Prize and the Leonardo da Vinci International Prize. James was awarded the Venice International Art Prize in 2020 and was chosen by The European Cultural Centre to exhibit his work at the Venice Biennale 2022. James had the honour of having his work exhibited at The Louvre Paris and Bonhams Auction House in London in 2022. James won the prestigious Contemporary American Art Collectors Award in 2024.
James has exhibited his work all over the world with significant exhibitions at Bonham’s Auction House in London as well as the Carrousel Du Louvre in Paris. He has appeared on the BBC, in the Financial Times, Europe Today and The Art Newspaper. James has won many awards including the American Art Critic Award as well as the first prize at the prestigious London Biennale.
James Earley
African Diamond
$5,970
