JQY Studios

Artist Statement

James Quentin Young creates his art from old wood, metal, and found objects. He has been an early advocate for recycling and renovating discarded items. His skill in restoring furniture, his study of jewelry making, and an MFA in painting are combined to create beautiful and provocative works of art. They may tell a Biblical story or simply be unique artworks in which the viewer recognizes bits and pieces from his own past. Young demonstrates his Christian faith with the cross as the primary symbol of his work. Using discarded and broken items, the art portrays Christ's acceptance of our flawed and rejected lives and the transformation through His death and resurrection.

Artist Biography

James Young is a Christian artist, born in 1936 on the "West Side" of St. Paul, MN, a place of multiple ethnic and religious groups. He graduated from Macalaster College with a BA in art education and taught art in public schools for 32 years. He continued his education with an MFA in painting at the U. of the Americas in Mexico City. In 2008 Mr. Young was an artist-in-residence at the Henry Luce Center in Washington, D.C., and in Prague, Czech Republic in 2009.

Artwork Sizes: Small   Medium   Large   Very-Large

Artwork - small size

"Unbind Him" Lazarus

What Time is It?


Open Entry Gate


Venting

Prostate Cancer Gone

Cross with Cork Wall

Fish Squid

Ziggurat of Mexico

Sacred Steps

Intertwined

A River that Flowed Here

Ocean Mountain View

Flotsam Fish

Golden Arc Ash Wednesday

Two Alien Characters



Mirror on the Wall

Angel Protector

Ice Floes

Cold Sun

Jerusalem Wall II

Mound Builders

Space Craft Landing

Bridging

Piano Satellite

38th St. and Chicago

The Blue Bayou

Important? Keep Filled with Water

Cosmos

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Artwork - mid size

Turtle with Female Eggs and One Male Egg

Halibut

Doorway



Sled with Cross

Barge Boat

Oriental Glow

Ship Mast Cross #2

Confessional Screen

Silver Tornado


Kryptos

Dapple Fish

Great Fish with Cross

Courtyard

Solid Ground

Pearl Fish with Boat

Mexican Colonial Window

Mexican Frame

Streaming



Chalice Bowl

Golden Valley

Tides Out

Window Shade

Three Points

On the Waterfront

Melting in Spring

Always Look for the Silver Lining

Unhinged



Volcano

Angel Wing

Mexican Road Shrine

Ice Cold Fish / Cross

Horse

Moon and Son

Barge Boat

Green, Blue Mountains

Cutting Edge

Wounded Phoenix Bird # IV with Cross and Chalice

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Artwork - medium size

Astroid

Wounded Phoenix Bird VII

Flagellation of Our Lord



Icthus #2

At the Tomb

After the Fall

Black and White

Slip Sliding Along

Hope Not Lost

No, No Don't Touch that Dial

Thrice Denial

Thorns



Dove with Broken Glass

Wooden Pallet Cross

Agony

Wood Trap Cross

Fall Cross

Warning

Calvary

Ship/Sail/Cross

Light of the World

Zing

Twin Towers

Mary, Christ and the Holy Spirit

He Has Given Us His Spirit : John 4:13

Arabesque

Wounded Phoenix Bird #5



Orange Cross

Wounds Moved

God Bless America

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Artwork - large size

God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost

Whale

Atlas



Suspended

On Eagle's Wings

"I DARE YOU!"

Treasures

Cross with Flying Disciples

Make Music for the Lord #2

Light

Fragments from the Temple Floor

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Artwork - very large size

Dry Dock

New Men

Collections

Institutions
St. Timothy Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Mn
First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, IN
Mt. Carmel, Alexandria, MN
Cross View Lutheran Church, Edina, MN
Word of Peace Lutheran Church, Rogers, MN
Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis, MN
Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, MN
Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN
Tweed Gallery, U. of MN, Duluth, MN
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
St. Louis Park Medical Center, St. Louis Park, MN
Private Collections
Midwest, East Coast, and Southwest in the US
England, Mexico, and Czech Republic

Contact

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