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James Ruddle

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Students signing the outside of a box in the foyer of Keswick High School, inside which Ruddle was working

James Johnson Ruddle is a Canadian artist, born in Hamilton, Ontario, on July 8, 1981.[1] Ruddle currently lives in Pickering and works in the medium of Performance art, Christian Art, sculpture and burn painting.[2] While at McMaster University, as a third-year fine arts student, he lived in a box in the atrium of the McMaster University Student Centre.[3]

In 2007, James began to work with a burn painting technique and was first shown at the Art Gallery of Hamilton at an annual Art Sales and Rentals Show in 2008.[4] In 2007, Ruddle spent three days painting inside the performance art cube in the foyer of Keswick High School.[5] James began his journey into the realm of Christian art when he completed a 32-foot triptych mural titled The Light of This Broken World. The large burn painting, created through a process of burning the images onto wood using gasoline and a blow torch, was installed in the sanctuary of Forest Brook Community Church in 2010.[6]

On March 31, 2014, while teaching at Bill Crothers Secondary School, he completed a 16 by 20 Foot mural of Wayne Gretzky with 12 grade 11 students in a style similar to Chuck Close.[7]

In 2015, Ruddle created a 6,000 square foot mural called Shifting Landscapes on a drab rail bridge at Henderson Avenue and Glen Cameron Road in Thornhill.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "James Ruddle". Ontario.artistsincanada.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  2. ^ "Durham 2015 Discovery Guide" (PDF). Durhamtourism.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  3. ^ "Posted on Jan. 22: The boy in the box". Dailynews.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. ^ "Art Sale : The Art Gallery of Hamilton" (PDF). Artgalleryofhamilton.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  5. ^ "Thinking inside the box". Thestar.com. April 3, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  6. ^ "Christ's story in a landscape triptych". Durhamregion.com. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  7. ^ "Markham in the midst of public art renaissance". Thestar.com. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  8. ^ "Drab Thornhill bridge now boasts colourful mural". Yorkregion.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-08.