A casual visitor would think there were several artists, even Old Masters, sharing the space in James Picard’s studio, However, what the sheer variety really shows is Picard’s corresponding knock-out vitality and versatility. “This,” says the beaming artist, “is what comes of being hooked into the LA/Hollywood pipeline of film work, big houses with bare walls and millionaires flying in from New York looking for big deals and large paintings!”

James Picard is precise, prolific and quick! Thus he is in high demand by Hollywood heavyweights. Picard says he has been cultivating his Hollywood and LA contacts for about 8 or 9 years. A new film about Picard is being geared up with shooting scheduled to take place in Vancouver, New York and London England.

Picard possesses a very deep well of creativity – one that, in fact, seems inexhaustible and infinitely accessible. He will often work for 18 to 22 hours, even up to 72 hour stretches. Another big upcoming project, to be called “The Cocktail Series”, will be based on a series of watercolour paintings he started in New York City over the last few years. It has been inspired in part by the variety of characters always on parade in that most cosmopolitan of cities, especially at cocktail parties, socials, and soirees.