Paintings from Jeddah

The paintings and 3D work shown below were made in Jeddah between 1985 and 1992.

I have for sale a limited quantity of these images printed on greeting cards

17 x 24 cm folded in half and complete with envelope.

Original paintings are for sale subject to negotiation.

Please contact jloy@fsbdial.co.uk  for details.

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James Loy. Ornaments. 1991 Acrylic on canvas 91 x 122 cm.
This is a view from inside our villa in Jeddah, looking out to our planted 'long grass' with a collection of Arabian metal work and two important oil paintings made by the renowned Saudi artist, Abdul Hamil Radwi.

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James Loy. Coffee Pots. 1989 Acrylic on canvas 76 x 122.

The curved shapes of the Arabian coffee pot are very seductive, unlike the distortions portrayed above which were meant to look unreal along with the other images in the picture.     

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James Loy. Halqasran. 1992 Acrylic on canvas between cardboard and plastic bottles mounted on wood panel. 4.5 x 38 x 48 cm.

Packaging waste, was the theme for this idea. It is made from 11 'Najran' water bottles,1 'Halwani Bros' juice bottle and the bottom of an 'Al Qasim' water bottle box, to show what is left when the liquids have been consumed.

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James Loy. Palm Trees. 1985 Oil on canvas 40 x 45 cm. (SOLD)

Palm Trees was my first attempt at using oils and this painting was done predominately with the use of a palette knife. The scene was from a photograph in an Arabic magazine.

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James Loy. Flower Vision. 1989 Acrylic on canvas. 91 x 122 cm.

This was my first attempt at using acrylics and is made up of a collection of household items and a toy tent frame. It originally was going to be the quarter section of a bigger picture so I could paint a full room and extend the frame, lattice and carpet etc but the plan was abandoned to.

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James Loy. 3 - U's. 1992 Acrylic on canvas between toothpaste tubes, mounted on wood panel. 6 x 40 x 66 cm.

The unemployed, undernourished and unwanted are my three U's. They are being transported over a barbed wire green landscape, then dumped in holes in the ground. I collected the toothpaste tubes over several months before making this work.

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James Loy. Jeddah Corniche 1985-91. Oil on canvas. 91 x 122.

This is my largest oil painting to date and took six years to complete, mainly due to  time spent at work and family responsibilities. Finally it was completed during the  Gulf Crisis (1990-91) when I had time and a two month period as a 'bachelor'. Note the design is structured on the letters 'S' and 'A'.

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James Loy. Mirage. 1992 Acrylic on canvas painted with gloves set in plastic bottles, mounted on wood panel with brass nails 45 x 48 cm.

 Only the white line was painted with a brush and the remainder by finger and  vinyl exam gloves. The theme is the view of a red hot dessert with a mirage on the  horizon and six 'flat empty' water bottles, unable to quench ones dying thirst. Vinyl exam gloves played an important role in my work abroad, hence the use of them  in this work.     

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James Loy. Jeddah South Creek. 1986 Oil on canvas 76 x 122 cm.

This painting only took six months to complete. Not bad, compared to Jeddah Corniche (six years) when I had less time to paint. When South Creek was painted, the North Creek (on the horizon) was a baron landscape. Just a few years later it was built up and looked as busy as the horizon I had painted.

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My self portrait painted in the style of Henri Matisse. Portrait of Mme
Matisse with a Green Stripe 1905. Oil on canvas 16 x 12 3/4 inches.
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen.

For one year I saved the hair stubble out of my electric shaver, filtered out the impurities, added pva glue and painted the hair onto the canvas in the shape of a long beard. I mixed the remainder of stubble with blue acrylic paint for the hair.

Why did I do this? well let's say I just wanted to see what I might look like with a long beard.