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I was raised right next to the old Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. My friends and I would jump the fence at night and land right in the middle of a Western town or Tarzan's jungle. I never forgot the delight of seeing both the fantasy and the reality that went into it, so that's what I want to achieve with my own world of art--to provide a point of departure for the viewer's imagination. Using imagination is a journey, a voyage that anyone can make--but it has no historically accurate destination. It is a thought, where one can discover the ordinary in the extraordinary. In other words, a "land a little left of reality." --J.C. |
Six Bird Hunters in Full Camouflage
Print by James C. Christensen
| While attending the Long Beach Collectible Exhibition in April 1997, I asked Chris Usher if Jim was ever going to make the sixth bird hunter. He whispered, "come back on Sunday." I was so excited, he had a resin sample of the "Wetland Bird Hunter," and I was one of the first to see it! |
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When Jim was signing
at a local show,
He only left me the hammer! |
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The Wetland Bird Hunter is available at retailers! It's a wonderful piece.
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The Legend of the Wetland Bird Hunter This cleverly camouflaged "bird bonker," a favorite character of Christensen's , is more proud of his technique than his prowess in actually bagging unwary birds with his long-handled hammer. It honors anyone who knows that the journey is often more important than the destination. He is the latest of these entertaining characters, and is, in fact, the seemingly missing sixth man in one of Christensen's most beloved limited edition fine art prints, Six Bird Hunters in Full Camouflage. |
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"The
hunchback is Everyman, and the hump is his burden. We all have
burdens. The point is, as he sits there on that box, he may be
concerned, but at the place where the angel spirit's finger touches
the hump, there's a little light. I did this to remind us that most growth
comes through
dealing with adversity. If you pray for strength, God sends you a set
of weights. The floor is my classic checkerboard pattern, symbolizing
the opposing aspects of life - the
light and the dark, the day and night, the yin and the yang . . . The
hunchback is sitting on a box that says literally, in Latin,
'after clouds, sun.' That's supposed to remind all
of us to always look for the silver lining."
-- James C. Christensen Sometimes the Spirit Touches us Through Our Weaknesses |
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Christensen explains "Although I like to think of the world as my classroom I cannot possibly teach enough people as I'd like on my own. So like everyone else, sometimes I ask for a little help form my 'friends.' Allow the Fish Wizard -- identified by his fish, my favorite symbol for unexpected everyday magic -- to introduce himself. Carrying the weight of his responsibilities in the hump of his back, he travels around to preach the good word and keep out a mindful eye for fresh recruits who share in my favorite notion that 'Believing is Seeing.' (Are you one of them?) He carries a staff with the Latin benediction 'blessed is the little fish.'"
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Olde World Santa, The Angel's Gift and The Gift of Light are sold out.
There Was a Crooked Man . . .
. . . He Bought a Crooked Cat, Which Caught a Crooked Mouse . . .
. . . And They all Lived Together in a Little Crooked House
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Three Blind Mice: Weevil, Sniffer, Fluffy
Retired January 1998
The Oldest Angel
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Lawrence Pretended Not to Notice
That a Bear Had Become Attached to His Coattail
Retired October 1998
short of the scheduled edition size of 2,500
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Each porcelain and Pearl Bisque™ piece in The Greenwich Workshop® Collection has a "year mark" to signify the year the piece was produced. Click the specific James Christensen year marks below, for a list of the pieces introduced in that year. |
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Copyright 1997-2010 PJ Designs. All rights reserved. This page is not affiliated with The Greenwich Workshop® or The Greenwich Workshop® Collection. The Greenwich Workshop has granted permission for the use of the Greenwich Workshop® images and their respective marks. Images © James C. Christensen. Updated: January 1, 2009 |