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 - 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
Scroll Cross
Ice Floes
Cold Sun
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Mound Builders
Space Craft Landing
Bridging
Piano Satellite
38th St. and Chicago
Perplexed
The Blue Bayou
Important? Keep Filled with Water
Cosmos
Black Forest Cross
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
Stability
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
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
Fleurs
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
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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
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
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