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James Alley by Lost At E Minor

jamesalley.jpgJames Alley is a 28 year-old artist currently living on the Gold Coast of Australia. His work is primarily oil-based paintings which explore figurative, character-based situations. In an attempt to explore elements of paradox and differing emotional states within society, James isolates and depicts a sample of his daily observations onto paper and canvas in order to record them.

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