James Todd, The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony, 16"x 20" woodcut, 2010
James Todd, The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger, 16"x 20" woodcut, 2010
James Todd, The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth, 16"x 20" woodcut, 2010
James Todd, The Seven Deadly Sins: Greed, 16"x 20" woodcut, 2010
James Todd, The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust, 16"x 20" woodcut, 2010
James Todd, The Seven Deadly Sins: Vanity, 16"x 20" woodcut, 2010
James Todd, The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy, 16"x 20" woodcut, 2010
See below for more images of the works in progress.
Education:
1959-1961: Chicago Art Institute and the University of Chicago, IL.
1964: B.A., Fine Art; History minor, College of Great Falls, Great Falls, MT.
1965: M.A., Fine Art: Painting, Printmaking, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
1969: M.F.A., Painting, Printmaking, Murals (with honors), University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
Teaching:
English Assistant, Kepler Gymnasium, Freiburg, Germany (1965 - 1966).
Instructor of Art, Oberndorf/N, Germany (1966 - 1968)
Instructor, Art/History/Humanities, Okaloosa-Walton Junior College, Niceville, FL.
Humanities Instructor, Montana State Prison (1973)
Professor of Art and Humanities, University of Montana, Missoula, MT (1970-2000). Humanities Program Director (1973-1976); Art Department Chair (1979-1988)
In his own words:
”I made my decision long ago not to confine myself to any particular artistic approach or aesthetic philosophy. Picasso’s attitude toward creativity and work probably influenced me as much as that of any artist. He saw his art as an ongoing investigation, and was always ready to either analyze a single topic with endless variations or, if necessary, to change his approach and subject matter overnight. I saw Picasso’s creative flexibility as the freedom that was unique to Modernism. The Modern artist was for me an artist whose work was neither dictated by individual partons, a single style of the market place or traditional notions of ’fine’ and ’popular’ art; but whose expression could grow and change along with the couse of the artist’s life experiences and interest.... Despite the variation of my content and style, I have been largely committed to the traditional principles of design and composition. I believe that human art history from the Paleolithoic age to the present strongly suggests that these visual principles may be physiologically based and are not merely cultural.” James Todd, excerpted from exhibition catalog, 2002.
James Todd is also represented by THE ANNEX GALLERIES.
Woodblock rolled up with ink.
Professor James Bailey doing a little hand burnishing after running the inked block through the press.
Print as seen looking through the back of the paper.
Pulling the print.
Jim Todd cutting a new block in his studio.
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